Hi,
With “configuration" I assume you mean an extra entry in the dropdown at the right of the capture filter textbox on the welcome screen.
Thanks,
Jaap
> On 13 Apr 2026, at 13:38, Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> Currently we return ALL interfaces. While that is good in general, it will also return interfaces on OSX and possible other systems that are not available at the moment of scanning.
>
> In my case for instance, devices which are dev-devices (like Seeger J-Link or MacroPad2040) created usb modem interfaces that are there even when the devices are not attached or available.
>
> PCAP has the ability to inform via flags (Connected, Unknown, Inactive, ...) but we currently ignore them. I would like to - by default - use that information in interface_frame to hide the interfaces not connected or unknown, but give the user via configuration an option to enable them if they wish so. On my system that would reduce the number of available devices from 19 to 5 which I think especially users new to Wireshark would appreciate.
>
> What do you think?
>
> cheers,
> Roland
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