["Eckert, Christopher" <CEckert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have laptops with Win2k, Ethereal and VNC, each with two interface cards
rolled out to several closets. I use one interface for accessing it via VNC
and the other to capture. I currently have TCP/IP enabled on both
interfaces. hence the issue.

If I disable IP on the capture interface while Ethereal is loaded it keeps
the interface identified so that I can select it in the Capture Preferences
dialog box. This works but I cant say if I am adding unwanted traffic to the
trace file. If I shut off IP on that interface and then start Ethereal the
interface is not identified in the Capture preferences dialog. 

Is there a way to identify and interface that is not running an IP stack?

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