Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] MacOSX: Airport Adapter (WLAN) goes offline when starting capturing

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

the_Alien wrote:

> I recently installed WS using Fink but I am unable to use it on my Mac 
> mini (Intel) which is wireless connected to the network. As soon as I 
> start capturing the WLAN interface Airport gets disconnected (frees the 
> IP as I'm monitoring this via Growl) regardless which interface I am 
> capturing and which option I en-/disable.
>
> Any ideas?

This is a known problem with OS X on some machines.

Try directly typing the name of the interface in the "Interface:" box in 
the Capture->Options dialog...

...or try getting Wireshark from Andreas Fink rather than just Fink:

	http://www.finkconsulting.com/page7.php

as that version's linked with a version of libpcap that avoids opening 
wlt devices.