Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Question on changing the default of the capture preferences

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 05:55:52PM -0500, Jorg Liebeherr wrote:
> In my lab exercises I require the following caputre preferences:
> 
>     1. capture .. in promiscuous mode: ON
>      2. update ... in real-time:              OFF

Those are the default settings in Ethereal.

>     3. Automatic scrolling ..                ON

"Automatic scrolling in live capture" has no effect unless you've
selected "Update list of packets in real time"; do you mean that you
want automatic scrolling to be on by default *if* you override, in the
"Capture Settings" dialog box popped up when you select "Start" from the
"Capture" menu, the default "No real-time update of list of packets"
setting?

>     4. MAC resolution                       OFF
>     5. Name resolution:                      OFF
>     6. Transport name resolution        OFF
> 
> Is it possible to set the capture preferences such that these preferences
> are the default?

In Ethereal 0.9.2, yes, you can.

> If so, how do I do it. (We are running Linux Redhat).

In Ethereal 0.9.2:

	1) Select "Preferences" from the "Edit" menu.

	2) Select "Capture" from the pane on the left.

	3) Turn "Capture packets in promiscuous mode" on if it's not
	   already on (it's on by default).

	4) Turn "Update list of packets in real time" off if it's not
	   already off (it's off by default).

	5) Turn "Automatic scrolling in live capture" on (it's not the
	   default).

	6) Select "Name resolution" from the pane on the left.

	7) Turn off all three options.

	8) Press the "Save" button".

	9) Press the "OK" button.