On Wed, 22 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Under Windows, a descriptive interface name is now listed in the > packet > > capture dialog. > > This feature has a bug, at least on the machine a cow-orker of mine > tried today. > > If you set the interface in the capture preferences dialog before > starting any capture to "Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC", you will > see the name of the card in the Start capture window until the > first space character, "Realtek". Starting a capture will fail, > because the name is incorrect.
I've checked in a change to fix this. The default behavior previously when saving the capture device preference was to lop off everything but the first whitespace-separated word. Ethereal now saves the whole string. > > Network card name: Realtek 8139-series PCI NIC > Interface name in Start capture window: Realtek > > -- > Andreas Sikkema > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. > It's a Spanish story about a guy named `Manual'" - Dilbert >
