Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] tethereal interface command line option

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 12:02:47PM -0400, Larry T. Todd wrote:
> Ethereal GUI capture options displays two interfaces:
>   NdisWan Adapter: \Device\Packet_NdisWanlp
>   Fast Ethernet PC Card: \Device\Packet_{BD11F961-9620-4761-8EF6-6E1F1821D2CD}
> 
> Can anybody supply the correct tethereal command line in W2K that would
> allow capture on the fast ethernet interface?

	tethereal -i \Device\Packet_{BD11F961-9620-4761-8EF6-6E1F1821D2CD}

> I've tried different options using the ID within the {}

The reason why Ethereal displays the string complete with
"\Device\Packet_" and the "{" and "}" is that they are part of the name
you have to supply in order to capture on the device.  You can't just
use the ID, you have to use the whole string.