Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 11364] New: Turning monitor mode on or off doesn't change the list of link-lay

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Bug ID	11364
Summary	Turning monitor mode on or off doesn't change the list of link-layer types available
Product	Wireshark
Version	Git
Hardware	x86
OS	Mac OS X 10.8
Status	UNCONFIRMED
Severity	Major
Priority	Low
Component	Qt UI
Assignee	bugzilla-admin@wireshark.org
Reporter	guy@alum.mit.edu

Build Information:
Wireshark 1.99.8 (v1.99.8rc0-409-g4f1b8d7 from master)

Copyright 1998-2015 Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) with Qt 5.3.2, with libpcap, without POSIX capabilities, with
libz 1.2.5, with GLib 2.36.0, with SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.10.0, with Lua 5.2,
with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, without
PortAudio, without AirPcap.

Running on Mac OS X 10.8.5, build 12F2542 (Darwin 12.6.0), with locale C, with
libpcap version 1.1.1, with libz 1.2.5, with GnuTLS 2.12.19, with Gcrypt 1.5.0.
      Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3820QM CPU @ 2.70GHz (with SSE4.2)

Built using clang 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 4.2 (clang-425.0.28).

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If you open up the Capture -> Options window, and then change the setting of
the "Monitor Mode" column for an interface, the setting for that interface in
the "Link-layer Header" column, and the set of available link-layer header
types in that column, do not change to reflect the change to monitor mode.

This makes it a pain to capture after changing the mode - the previous
link-layer header type is probably not available with the new setting of
monitor mode, so you have to change that yourself.

See, for example:

    https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/44139/wireshark-199-monitor-mode

and

   
https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/42897/how-do-i-turn-on-monitor-mode-in-mac-os-x-with-wireshark-v199

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