Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [WinPcap] Re: [Ethereal-users] Re: ethereal on Win XP

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I had a look at the sources of Ethereal 0.9.0.
> I think the bug is somewhere in file pcap_util.c
> 
>     #LINE 436
>     GList *get_interface_list(....)

If that were the case, he'd have been able to type the name of the
device into the combo box and still be able to capture on the device. 
All "get_interface_list()" does is provide the list of devices to
display in the combo box; however, you can type an arbitrary string into
the combo box's text entry field, even if it's not in the list.

However, he said that even if he did that, it didn't work.