[Ian Schorr <ethereal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I guess my reply could be more helpful...

The interface thing that you asked about won't work, but if you set up 
rpcapd properly (the remote pcap daemon that comes with Winpcap now), 
you should be able to capture from the remote machine by specifying an 
adapter name of "rpcap://[hostname or ip]:[port]/[adaptername on remote 
system]".

This may or may not be the best solution for you, as it generates quite 
a bit of traffic itself.

See the WinPcap documentation for more details.

Ian


On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:35 PM, Ian Schorr wrote:

> So you're hoping to see the interface of the remote machine show up in 
> the interface list on a machine it's connected to?
>
> Ethereal (and underlying capture mechanisms) don't support that.  
> You'd need to actually run instances of Ethereal on each machine 
> independently.
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2004, at 12:07 PM, Silverstein, Jeffrey wrote:
>
> > Hi, I'm testing out Ethereal on Windows XP by connecting 2 machines 
> > with a crossover cable.  I have installed Ethereal on both 
> > machines.   When I look at the list of interfaces in the "Interface:" 
> > field in the dialog box popped up by "Capture->Start", all I can see 
> > is the local interface.  When I try to capture the other interface by 
> > entering the IP or the MAC address, Ethereal gives me an error.  This 
> > happens no matter which machine I do this from.  What do I need to do 
> > to get both interfaces to appear in the dialog box?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  Jeff
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