Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Default interface in the "front page"?

[Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 8, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Jim Aragon wrote:

> At 09:11 PM 4/7/2013, Micheal Tuexen wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Jim Aragon wrote:
> 
>>> If the user has not selected a default interface at Edit Preferences 
>>> Capture, I'd vote to have Wireshark select the first interface 
>>> listed. I would not select all interfaces. I think single-interface 
>>> capture is still more common, even on multiple interface systems.
> 
>> I would prefer to follow what the user has configured. No default interface.
> 
> How about on a single-interface system? Maybe Wireshark should at least select the only listed interface as the default on a single-interface system. That IS going to be the interface that the user selects before each capture. 
Correct. But is there a system with only a single interface? All the systems I use have a loopback
interface and at least one more... Since I'm not using Solaris, I can always capture on two interfaces
at least. Are there systems out there with only a single interface?
> On a multiple interface system, I can see the logic of either method--either selecting the first interface or selecting no interface if the user has not specified a default. Neither method is clearly superior and the choice of which should be implemented is a matter of opinion.
OK.

Best regards
Michael
> 
> Regards,
> Jim
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