Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capture help

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 11:43:44 -0600 (CST)
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 chrish64@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I've installed Ethereal and Winpcap on my Win2k Pro box and am trying to
> capture packets. The only interfaces I see in the drop down box is for this
> local machine. Is there a way to pick and choose network devices, such as a
> server, router or firewall on the network? We're running a Netware shop.

At the present time Ethereal and Tethereal can only capture on local
interfaces.  Even if it did support remote capture, most networking
devices don't.

If you're using Ethernet you can capture another device's traffic
passively by using a hub or via port mirroring.  More information on this
can be found in the FAQ:

    http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.1