Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Default interface in the "front page"?

From: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 15:37:20 +0200
On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Anders Broman wrote:

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> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Anders Broman wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael 
>> Tuexen
>> Sent: den 8 april 2013 10:40
>> To: Community support list for Wireshark
>> Cc: Irene Rüngeler
>> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-users] Default interface in the "front page"?
>> 
>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Jim Aragon wrote:
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>>> At 09:11 PM 4/7/2013, Micheal Tuexen wrote:
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>>>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Jim Aragon wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> If the user has not selected a default interface at Edit 
>>>>> Preferences Capture, I'd vote to have Wireshark select the first 
>>>>> interface listed. I would not select all interfaces. I think 
>>>>> single-interface capture is still more common, even on multiple interface systems.
>>> 
>>>> I would prefer to follow what the user has configured. No default interface.
>>>> 
>>>> How about on a single-interface system? Maybe Wireshark should at least select the only listed interface as the default on a single-interface system. That IS going to be the interface that the user selects before >each capture. 
>>> 
>>> Correct. But is there a system with only a single interface? All the systems I use have a loopback interface and at least one more... Since I'm not using Solaris, I can always capture on two interfaces at least. Are >there systems out there with only a single interface?
>> 
>> On windows(?).
> Possibly (not using Windows)...
>> 
>> BTW even if I have a default interface in my preferences on Windows I can't just start the trace "No interface selected" ...
> ... which is fixed by Irene in
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=48788
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> Actually not, in my preference file the IF is stored as
> capture.device: Intel(R) 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection: \Device\NPF_{17E2B597-9C79-4B08-9836-E83D0B3E1064}
> 
> And the comparison is done against "\Device\NPF_{17E2B597-9C79-4B08-9836-E83D0B3E1064}"
Irene, could you look into this?

Best regards
Michael
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> 
> Best regards
> Michael
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>>> On a multiple interface system, I can see the logic of either method--either selecting the first interface or selecting no interface if the user has not specified a default. Neither method is clearly superior and the choice of which should be implemented is a matter of opinion.
>> OK.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Michael
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Jim
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