Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] USING MODEM WITH ETHEREAL

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From: aferen@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew C. Feren)
Date: 28 Sep 2001 08:48:25 -0400
Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 09:16:20PM -0700, Pierre Combes wrote:
> > Is it possible to set Ethereal to capture packets from a modem card?
> 
> Only if you're running SLIP or PPP over the modem line, i.e. if you're
> using it for networking - and then it'll work only if the packet capture
> mechanism on your machine supports capturing on SLIP or PPP links.  (For
> example, WinPcap on Windows NT/2000 doesn't support it.)

Are you sure about that?  I have done a capture with Ethereal, using
WinPcap, on NT, on a modem.  Either that or I was halucinating badly
that night.

Can't speak for 2000 though.

-- 
-Andrew Feren
 Cetacean Networks, Inc.
 Portsmouth, NH