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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 6051] Interface description is wrong

Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:25:19 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6051

--- Comment #6 from Stuart MacDonald <stuart.macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2011-07-04 13:25:17 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > Also, "Microsoft" was used in the interface selection items (preferences and
> > ctrl-k dialog) as if it were the Comment.
> 
> I think you mean Ctrl-I?

No, ctrl-k (start capture dialog). The Interface: dropdown that lists the
local-machine interfaces.

> (In reply to comment #4)
> > Hm, well. Still doesn't explain why "Microsoft" was used as if it were the
> > comment though. So, keep it open for that?
> 
> Why doesn't it explain it?  Doesn't your second interface, namely
> "\Device\NPF_{F909B6B1-9F94-479B-82F6-0465E7CB3350}" have a description of
> "Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection", and isn't that what is
> displayed?

In the Edit -> Preferences -> Capture -> Interfaces: Edit dialog, the
"Intel(R)..." and "Microsoft" text are listed in the Description column. In the
Properties box at the bottom, one can supply text in the Comment field. I do
this to have a quick ident on which device is which, because of the way the
comment field is used...

In the ctrl-k interface dropdown and the Edit -> Preferences -> Capture ->
Default interface dropdown, the interfaces are listed with the format
"<comment>: <device>". If there is no comment supplied by the user, then the
format is "<device>".

The bug I saw was that I got "<description>: <device>" for the "Microsoft"
interface. See Comment 1.

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