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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark Macbook Air USB assistance

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:35:20 -0800
On Jan 26, 2010, at 1:28 AM, John C wrote:

> I just installed Wireshark 1.2.4 on my MacBook Air, and I need some
> assistance in getting the USB Ethernet Interface to be recognized to do
> captures from. Does anyone know how to get the USB ethernet interface
> to show up in the selectable capture interface list so you can get
> ethernet captures from the USB interface ? Neither my Airport nor my USB
> port are showing up as capture interfaces (I have no interfaces to select).

Try running the commands

	sudo chown {your login ID} /dev/bpf*

and see if that fixes the problem.