Wireshark · Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] RE: can't get ethereal to see another nic in capture drop down list

["Silverstein, Jeffrey" <Jeffrey.Silverstein@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: can't get ethereal to see another nic in capture drop down list

Hi, per your previous suggestions, I tried to use rpcap to capture the packets to and from the remote nic, but I must be doing something wrong.  I was using the syntax

rpcap://10.11.12.13/adaptername.
What I typed specifically was
rpcapd://172.16.52.212/3Com EtherLink PCI: \Device\NPF_{C5533B45-4272-4036-8610-369AD6E69036}. 
When I did this I got
Press CTRL + C to stop the server...
I also tried
rpcapd://172.16.52.212/3Com EtherLink PCI.

I got the same result.  Nothing appears to be happening.  I tried writing the output to a file and it didn't write the file. 

Since these adapter names appeared in the Ethereal Capture Options Interface drop down list I assumed that one of these was the name of the adapter; is this correct or is the adapter name obtained in some other way?

What else might I be doing wrong?

Thanks for your help.
Jeff

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From:   Silverstein, Jeffrey 
Sent:   Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:08 PM
To:     'ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:        can't get ethereal to see another nic in capture drop down list

Hi, I'm testing out Ethereal on Windows XP by connecting 2 machines with a crossover cable.  I have installed Ethereal on both machines.   When I look at the list of interfaces in the "Interface:" field in the dialog box popped up by "Capture->Start", all I can see is the local interface.  When I try to capture the other interface by entering the IP or the MAC address, Ethereal gives me an error.  This happens no matter which machine I do this from.  What do I need to do to get both interfaces to appear in the dialog box?

Thanks,
Jeff