Title: RE: [Ethereal-users] I can't get it working
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy [mailto:cte26270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 8:08 AM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ethereal-users] I can't get it working
>
>
> Dear developers,
>
> I am very interested in learning about traffic to my
> computer but I can't
> seem to get this to do anything but sit there with a blank
> screen. I feel
> really stupid but I don't know what to do. I'm using XP and I
> have already
> installed the prerequisites required as per your site. After
> installing
> those and then ethereal there were no errors during install. I run the
> program and click start and a small screen pops up with
> several protocols
> and 0% beside them. I know it has to be something simple and
> forgive me if I
> should have located the problem via your web-help but like I
> said I already
> feel stupid. If you can help I would appreciate it much.
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
Do you know there's traffic on the interface you're using?
You might want to be sure the driver listed in "interface" is the one you expect
to get receive traffic on.
If you're happy with that, try pinging something on your network.