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

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:47:22 -0800
On Tue, Dec 31, 2002 at 05:46:18AM -0800, 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?

No.  Ethereal does not currently support any mechanism for doing a
capture on a remote device; the only interfaces on which it can capture
are those on the machine running Ethereal.