Ethereal-dev: RE: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal: Error opening adapter

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From: "Fulvio Risso" <risso@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 14:39:53 +0200
Hi.
Did you install the packet drivers?
Please note that Token Ring is not supported (since you're an IBM guy :-)) )
Cheers,

	fulvio

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> Subject: [ethereal-dev] Ethereal: Error opening adapter
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> I run Ethereal on my Win NT 4.0 Service Pack 4. I have Admin
> rights and yet
> I get the following error message when trying to capture packets with
> Ethereal. What am I missing??
>
> "The capture session could not be initiated (Error opening
> adapter). Please
> check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that you have the
> proper interface specified."
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
> Reto Hermann
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