Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] installation problems..

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From: Arni Raghu <arni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:41:25 +0000
Hi,
Hmmm..Now I see it the application seems to freeze if it finds no
packets on the interface. I find it strange(esp after using NG and
netmon...)

But now I have got a hang of it..


Is this going to be fixed..or has some other problems..???

Thanks,
Arni

Gilbert Ramirez wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 04, 1999 at 03:20:43PM -0500, Arni Raghu wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I have a small correction to my previous mail,the application freeze
> > that I was talking about occurs only when I choose eth1 and not
> > eth0..eth0 works fine..it is when I choose eth1 in capture the
> > application freezes...
> >
> > any hints..
> 
> Do you think you should be seeing any packets on eth1? After it freezes,
> try pinging your eth1 address from another machine. Perhaps libpcap is
> hanging because you are seeing no packets.
> 
> --gilbert