Right, but with a capture file, it's very useful, since it can be run
virtually anywhere.
-- Nathan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hauck [mailto:davidh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 3:10 PM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] Simple Non-Capture Mode Question (Win32)
>
>
> Hi Nathan,
>
> Yup, I figured I was mis-interpreting something! I understood the
> "non-capture" behaviour to be related to saving/restoring capture
> *files*; I figured it might mean that you simply couldn't post-process
> live displays. Wrong ;). OK, now I understand. The non-capture mode
> distribution isn't very useful without a pre-existing capture file.
>
> Thanks for clarifying this! Cheers, -David
>
> > > I've extracted the required files for the non-capture mode win32
> > > distribution. After starting 'ethereal' I never see any
> > network data
> > > in the live display window (the main pane). My
> > understanding is that
> > > this should default to display of all data on the
> > configured network
> > > interface. I'm running as Administrator on a machine with a single
> > > network interface (Ethernet 10/100).
> >
> > That's expected. There will not be any data unless you open
> > a file. It is
> > the 'non-capture' version - that means it won't capture
> > anything off the
> > network.
> >
> > > On a separate Win NT machine I installed the *capture* mode win32
> > > distribution. I also installed the WinNT packet driver prior to
> > > running 'ethereal'. Same thing (for both capture and live
> > display).
> > > However on this machine I at least see traffic while running
> > > 'tethereal'.
> >
> > Did you choose to start a capture after you started
> > ethereal? It doesn't
> > capture anything automatically, you have to tell it to
> > start capturing.
> >
> > >
> > > Can anyone shed some light on what is going? I'm sure
> > this is just a
> > > result of me mis-reading/mis-understanding how 'ethereal'
> > is supposed
> > > to be configured/run.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance! -David
> > >
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