Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] the capture session could not be initiated

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From: Carolina Gómez <cgomez@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 14:12:03 +0200
Hello,
 
I am using Ethereal 0.10.5a with Winpcap beta 3. When I launch by command line (ethereal.exe -k -f "not ip" -w C:\capture.cap) is not start and I get this error:
 
    The capture session could not be initiated!
 
    (Error opening adapter: El sistema no puede hallar el dispositivo especificado.)
 
    Please check that you have the proper interface specified.
 
    Note that version 3.0 of WinPcap, and earlier versions of WinPcap, don't
    support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces in Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP / Server 2003.
 
    WinPcap 3.1 has experimental support for it on Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003,
    but has no support for it on Windows NT 4.0.  WinPcap 3.1 is currently in beta,
    so using it might introduce bugs not present in WinPcap 3.0; you should report
    all problems you see to the WinPcap developers, so they can try to fix
    them before the final WinPcap 3.1 release.
 
help me please!!!!
 
thanks a lot
 
 
Carolina Gómez Ramírez
Systems Engineer
cgomez@xxxxxxxx

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