Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Capture size less that size on the wire

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From: LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:30:23 +0100
Is the interface you ar capturing from set to accept "jumbo" frames?

On 2/23/06, RADUS, Kevin <kevin.radus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I've just started using Ethereal (on an SGI).  I am getting getting captures
> that report a packet size on the wire greater than 1514 bytes and that 1514
> bytes are captured.  I've tried leaving the "limit each packet" button
> unselected, I've tried setting it to a large number (50000), but neither of
> these allows more than 1514 bytes to be captured.  I thought that ethereal
> allowed capture of packets up to 64k , so I assume that I am doing something
> wrong....
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> Can anyone point out what I am doing wrong ?
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> Cheers,
> Kevin
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