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

["Gianluca Varenni" <varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Harris" <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Gianluca Varenni" <varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>; <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
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Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: [WinPcap] Re: [Ethereal-users] Re: ethereal on Win XP


> > 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.

I don't know. Buffer too small? But it set to 256 chars!

Another user posted the same problem on the WinPcap private mailing list.

GV

P.S. To Guy: as you could have been understood, it is some months that I
work together with Loris to the development of WinPcap.