Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Some help Needed

[Andrew Hood <ajhood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Marco van den Bovenkamp wrote:
> A.H. (Eric) Sommer wrote:
>
> > This product comes highly recommended, and I will be using it shortly, 
> > however, I have a bit of a problem.
> > Will this product also be able to sniff out a Token Ring Card (ok, so 
> > I’m being hopelessly optimistic) and if not, does anyone know of a 
> > product that I can use for that.
>
>
> It'll capture on just about anything your OS can see as a normal network 
> interface, Token Ring among them.
>
> See http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q1.5.

I would have to say the O/S - Media cross reference 
http://www.ethereal.com/media.html is a bit optimistic when it comes to 
Windows and Token Ring. I have never had much luck with Madge's NT 
drivers. Linux on the same box using the same card works.

While we're here, what's "Windows OT" refered to in footnote 9? Typo I 
presume.

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