On Aug 8, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Stig Bjørlykke wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Stig Bjørlykke wrote:
>>> * "Capture all in promiscuous mode" can be checked even if not all
>>> interfaces have this.
>>
>> There is no API in libpcap to inquire whether an interface supports promiscuous mode; before Michael and Irene's changes, "Capture in promiscuous mode" could be checked regardless of whether promiscuous mode actually works.
>
> Hmm, I have to rephrase this issue. This is what I really wanted to say:
> * The global "Capture all in promiscuous mode" can be checked even if
> some interfaces have promiscuous mode turned off. I think the global
> checkbox should be turned off if some of the interfaces has
> promiscuous mode turned off.
The checkbox was intended to be a shortcut to select promiscuous mode
or deselect it on all interfaces in a convenient way.
Maybe we don't need it. We have the preferences for that... So get rid of it?
Best regards
Michael
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> Stig Bjørlykke
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