Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] installing on Fedora 3

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From: "ebay2" <ebay2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:33:53 -0600
thanks folks.  
I created two logical links in /usr/lib and it worked!
Not the right way, but ok for now. 
Thanks again.
JP



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal user support" <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] installing on Fedora 3


> Jahagirdar VS wrote:
> 
> > If it is to capture packets then everything that is required to enable
> > the capture device and put it into monitor mode.
> 
> ...assuming the capture device is an 802.11 interface, that is.  He 
> didn't indicate that it was, so he might want to capture on Ethernet, 
> for example.
> 
> If he does want to capture on 802.11 in monitor mode, or capture 
> non-data 802.11 packets, he might need to get the right versions of 
> drivers for the adapter on which he'd be capturing.  I don't know which 
> of the drivers that come with FC3, if any, can handle that.  The FAQ 
> item for 802.11 capturing on Linux:
> 
> http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q5.38
> 
> has information on that.
> 
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