["Vermillion, Scott" <Scott.Vermillion@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guy,

Thanks for taking the time. 

>Ethereal currently only captures on network interfaces, which, on most
>OSes, means "devices whose drivers plug into a network intended to
>support protocols like the Internet protocols, or IPX, or NBF, or
>AppleTalk, or stuff such as that", because the capture mechanisms in
>most OSes (or the framework into which the WinPcap capture mechanism
>plugs, on Windows) only supports those devices.

What, if any, are your thoughts on a PCMCIA card that has windows drivers
for raw HDLC?  Could Ethereal theoretically capture directly from such an
"interface?"

Thanks again.