Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] two identical NICs in win98SE

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> From: Nicoson Dave [mailto:NicosonD@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 7:28 PM
> To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ethereal-users] two identical NICs in win98SE
> 
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> Hi, I'm having a problem that I hope someone has seen before. 
> 
> I installed the 0.9.1 windows binary distribution on a windows 98SE PC.
> This PC has two identical 3Com 3C905B-TX NICs.  When I open the capture
> window, both of these interfaces appear as 'EL90x'.  The problem is, when I
> try to select the second card, ethereal jumps back to the first one.  Is
> this a bug in the GUI?  Is there a work-around?

Pretty sure this is a problem at the winpcap level, beyond ethereal's control.
The only workaround I've found so far is to reinstall the NICs in a different 
order.  You will still only be able to select the first card in the order.

Deleting one from the network configuration panel would also work, with
obvious consequences....