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diff --git a/FAQ.include b/FAQ.include index 3cc3df6615..726aa1ef3c 100644 --- a/FAQ.include +++ b/FAQ.include @@ -97,39 +97,48 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " 5.13 When I try to run Ethereal on Windows, it fails to run because it\n" " can't find packet.dll.\n" "\n" -" 5.14 Why does some network interface on my machine not show up in the\n" -" list of interfaces in the \"Interface:\" field in the dialog box popped\n" -" up by \"Capture->Start\", and/or why does Ethereal give me an error if I\n" -" try to capture on that interface? \n" -"\n" -" 5.15 I'm running Ethereal on Windows NT/2000/XP/Server; my machine has\n" +" 5.14 I'm running on Windows; why does some network interface on my\n" +" machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the \"Interface:\"\n" +" field in the dialog box popped up by \"Capture->Start\", and/or why does\n" +" Ethereal give me an error if I try to capture on that interface? \n" +"\n" +" 5.15 I'm running on a UNIX-flavored OS; why does some network\n" +" interface on my machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the\n" +" \"Interface:\" field in the dialog box popped up by \"Capture->Start\",\n" +" and/or why does Ethereal give me an error if I try to capture on that\n" +" interface? \n" +"\n" +" 5.16 I'm running Ethereal on Windows NT/2000/XP/Server; my machine has\n" " a PPP (dial-up POTS, ISDN, etc.) interface, and it shows up in the\n" " \"Interface\" item in the \"Capture Options\" dialog box. Why can no\n" " packets be sent on or received from that network while I'm trying to\n" " capture traffic on that interface?\n" "\n" -" 5.16 I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with more\n" +" 5.17 I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with more\n" " than one network adapter of the same type; Ethereal shows all of those\n" " adapters with the same name, but I can't use any of those adapters\n" " other than the first one.\n" "\n" -" 5.17 I have an XXX network card on my machine; if I try to capture on\n" +" 5.18 I'm running Ethereal on Windows, and I'm not seeing any traffic\n" +" being sent by the machine running Ethereal.\n" +"\n" +" 5.19 I have an XXX network card on my machine; if I try to capture on\n" " it, my machine crashes or resets itself. \n" "\n" -" 5.18 My machine crashes or resets itself when I select \"Start\" from\n" +" 5.20 My machine crashes or resets itself when I select \"Start\" from\n" " the \"Capture\" menu or select \"Preferences\" from the \"Edit\" menu. \n" "\n" -" 5.19 Does Ethereal work on Windows ME? \n" +" 5.21 Does Ethereal work on Windows ME? \n" "\n" -" 5.20 Does Ethereal work on Windows XP? \n" +" 5.22 Does Ethereal work on Windows XP? \n" "\n" -" 5.21 Why doesn't Ethereal correctly identify RTP packets? It shows\n" +" 5.23 Why doesn't Ethereal correctly identify RTP packets? It shows\n" " them only as UDP.\n" "\n" -" 5.22 Why doesn't Ethereal show Yahoo Messenger packets in captures\n" +" 5.24 Why doesn't Ethereal show Yahoo Messenger packets in captures\n" " that contain Yahoo Messenger traffic?\n" "\n" -" 5.23 Why do I get the error \n" +" 5.25 Why do I get the error \n" "\n" " Gdk-ERROR **: Palettized display (256-colour) mode not supported on\n" " Windows.\n" @@ -137,22 +146,22 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { "\n" " when I try to run Ethereal on Windows?\n" "\n" -" 5.24 When I capture on Windows in promiscuous mode, I can see packets\n" +" 5.26 When I capture on Windows in promiscuous mode, I can see packets\n" " other than those sent to or from my machine; however, those packets\n" " show up with a \"Short Frame\" indication, unlike packets to or from my\n" " machine. What should I do to arrange that I see those packets in their\n" " entirety? \n" "\n" -" 5.25 How can I capture raw 802.11 packets, including non-data\n" +" 5.27 How can I capture raw 802.11 packets, including non-data\n" " (management, beacon) packets? \n" "\n" -" 5.26 How can I capture packets with CRC errors? \n" +" 5.28 How can I capture packets with CRC errors? \n" "\n" -" 5.27 How can I capture entire frames, including the FCS? \n" +" 5.29 How can I capture entire frames, including the FCS? \n" "\n" -" 5.28 Ethereal hangs after I stop a capture. \n" +" 5.30 Ethereal hangs after I stop a capture. \n" "\n" -" 5.29 How can I search for, or filter, packets that have a particular\n" +" 5.31 How can I search for, or filter, packets that have a particular\n" " string anywhere in them? \n" "\n" " GENERAL QUESTIONS \n" @@ -390,6 +399,8 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Network News Transfer Protocol\n" " Network Status Monitor CallBack Protocol\n" " Network Status Monitor Protocol\n" +, + " Network Time Protocol\n" " Novell Distributed Print System\n" " Null/Loopback\n" @@ -399,8 +410,6 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " PC NFS\n" " PPP Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol\n" " PPP Bandwidth Allocation Protocol\n" -, - " PPP CDP Control Protocol\n" " PPP Callback Control Protocol\n" " PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol\n" @@ -792,6 +801,8 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " off in the \"Capture Options\" dialog box, and Tethereal will try to put\n" " the interface on which it's capturing into promiscuous mode unless the\n" " -p option was specified. However, some network interfaces don't\n" +, + " support promiscuous mode, and some OSes might not allow interfaces to\n" " be put into promiscuous mode.\n" "\n" @@ -801,8 +812,6 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " address the interface is set up to receive.\n" "\n" " You should ask the vendor of your network interface whether it\n" -, - " supports promiscuous mode. If it does, you should ask whoever supplied\n" " the driver for the interface (the vendor, or the supplier of the OS\n" " you're running on your machine) whether it supports promiscuous mode\n" @@ -1028,11 +1037,8 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Q 5.12: I'm capturing packets on {Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me};\n" " why are the time stamps on packets wrong? \n" "\n" -" A: This is due to a bug in WinPcap. The bug should be fixed in the\n" -" WinPcap 3.0 beta release - note that it's an beta release, so it may\n" -" be buggier than the current production release of WinPcap; please\n" -" report those bugs to the WinPcap developers, and help them try to\n" -" track down the problem, so that they can fix it for the final release.\n" +" A: This is due to a bug in WinPcap. The bug should be fixed in WinPcap\n" +" 3.0.\n" "\n" " Q 5.13: When I try to run Ethereal on Windows, it fails to run because\n" " it can't find packet.dll.\n" @@ -1051,53 +1057,31 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Web site, the local mirror of the WinPcap Web site, or the\n" " Wiretapped.net mirror of the WinPcap site.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.14: Why does some network interface on my machine not show up in\n" -" the list of interfaces in the \"Interface:\" field in the dialog box\n" -" popped up by \"Capture->Start\", and/or why does Ethereal give me an\n" -" error if I try to capture on that interface? \n" -"\n" -" A: If you are running Ethereal on a UNIX-flavored platform, you may\n" -" need to run Ethereal from an account with sufficient privileges to\n" -" capture packets, such as the super-user account. Only those interfaces\n" -" that Ethereal can open for capturing show up in that list; if you\n" -" don't have sufficient privileges to capture on any interfaces, no\n" -" interfaces will show up in the list.\n" -"\n" -" If you are running Ethereal on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows\n" -" XP, or Windows Server, and this is the first time you have run a\n" -" WinPcap-based program (such as Ethereal, or Tethereal, or WinDump, or\n" -" Analyzer, or...) since the machine was rebooted, you need to run that\n" -" program from an account with administrator privileges; once you have\n" -" run such a program, you will not need administrator privileges to run\n" -" any such programs until you reboot.\n" -"\n" -" If you are running on a UNIX-flavored platform and have sufficient\n" -" privileges, or if you are running on Windows 95/98/Me, or if you are\n" -" running on Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server and have administrator\n" -" privileges or a WinPcap program has been run with those privileges\n" -" since the machine rebooted, then note that Ethereal relies on the\n" -" libpcap library, and on the facilities that come with the OS on which\n" -" it's running in order to do captures; on Windows, it also relies on\n" -" the device driver that comes with WinPcap (which is a version of\n" -" libpcap for Windows).\n" -"\n" -" Therefore, if the OS, the libpcap library, or the WinPcap driver don't\n" +" Q 5.14: I'm running on Windows; why does some network interface on my\n" +" machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the \"Interface:\"\n" +" field in the dialog box popped up by \"Capture->Start\", and/or why does\n" +" Ethereal give me an error if I try to capture on that interface? \n" +"\n" +" A: If you are running Ethereal on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000,\n" +" Windows XP, or Windows Server, and this is the first time you have run\n" +" a WinPcap-based program (such as Ethereal, or Tethereal, or WinDump,\n" +" or Analyzer, or...) since the machine was rebooted, you need to run\n" +" that program from an account with administrator privileges; once you\n" +" have run such a program, you will not need administrator privileges to\n" +" run any such programs until you reboot.\n" +"\n" +" If you are running on Windows 95/98/Me, or if you are running on\n" +" Windows NT 4.0/2000/XP/Server and have administrator privileges or a\n" +" WinPcap program has been run with those privileges since the machine\n" +" rebooted, then note that Ethereal relies on the WinPcap library, on\n" +" the WinPcap device driver, and on the facilities that come with the OS\n" +" on which it's running in order to do captures.\n" +"\n" +" Therefore, if the OS, the WinPcap library, or the WinPcap driver don't\n" " support capturing on a particular network interface device, Ethereal\n" " won't be able to capture on that device.\n" "\n" -" On Linux, note that you need to have \"packet socket\" support enabled\n" -" in your kernel; see the \"Packet socket\" item in the Linux\n" -" \"Configure.help\" file.\n" -"\n" -" On BSD, note that you need to have BPF support enabled in your kernel;\n" -" see the documentation for your system for information on how to enable\n" -" BPF support (if it's not enabled by default on your system).\n" -"\n" -" On DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Tru64 UNIX, note that you need to have\n" -" packet filtering support in your kernel; the doconfig command will\n" -" allow you to configure and build a new kernel with that option.\n" -"\n" -" On Windows, note that:\n" +" Note that:\n" " * 2.02 and earlier versions of the WinPcap driver and library that\n" " Ethereal uses for packet capture didn't support Token Ring\n" " interfaces; the current version, 2.3, does support Token Ring, and\n" @@ -1124,23 +1108,124 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " lines, ISDN lines, and various other lines such as T1/E1 lines are\n" " all PPP interfaces. This may cause the interface not to show up on\n" " the list of interfaces in the \"Capture Options\" dialog.\n" -" * WinPcap currently does not support multiprocessor machines (note\n" -" that machines with a single multi-threaded processor, such as\n" -" Intel's new multi-threaded x86 processors, are multiprocessor\n" +" * WinPcap prior to 3.0 does not support multiprocessor machines\n" +" (note that machines with a single multi-threaded processor, such\n" +" as Intel's new multi-threaded x86 processors, are multiprocessor\n" " machines as far as the OS and WinPcap are concerned), and recent\n" -" versions refuse to operate if they detect that they're running on\n" -" a multiprocessor machine, which means that they may not show any\n" -" network interfaces.\n" +" 2.x versions of WinPcap refuse to operate if they detect that\n" +" they're running on a multiprocessor machine, which means that they\n" +" may not show any network interfaces. You will need to use WinPcap\n" +" 3.0 to capture on a multiprocessor machine.\n" +"\n" +" If an interface doesn't show up in the list of interfaces in the\n" +" \"Interface:\" field, and you know the name of the interface, try\n" +" entering that name in the \"Interface:\" field and capturing on that\n" +" device.\n" +"\n" +" If the attempt to capture on it succeeds, the interface is somehow not\n" +" being reported by the mechanism Ethereal uses to get a list of\n" +" interfaces; please report this to ethereal-dev@ethereal.com giving\n" +" full details of the problem, including\n" +" * the operating system you're using, and the version of that\n" +" operating system;\n" +" * the type of network device you're using.\n" +"\n" +" If you are having trouble capturing on a particular network interface,\n" +" and you've made sure that (on platforms that require it) you've\n" +" arranged that packet capture support is present, as per the above,\n" +" first try capturing on that device with WinDump; see the WinDump Web\n" +" site or the local mirror of the WinDump Web site for information on\n" +" using WinDump.\n" +"\n" +" If you can capture on the interface with WinDump, send mail to\n" +" ethereal-users@ethereal.com giving full details of the problem,\n" +" including\n" +" * the operating system you're using, and the version of that\n" +" operating system;\n" +" * the type of network device you're using;\n" +" * the error message you get from Ethereal.\n" +"\n" +" If you cannot capture on the interface with WinDump, this is almost\n" +" certainly a problem with one or more of:\n" +" * the operating system you're using;\n" +" * the device driver for the interface you're using;\n" +" * the WinPcap library and/or the WinPcap device driver;\n" +"\n" +" so first check the WinPcap FAQ, the local mirror of that FAQ, or the\n" +" Wiretapped.net mirror of that FAQ, to see if your problem is mentioned\n" +" there. If not, then see the WinPcap support page (or the local mirror\n" +" of that page) - check the \"Submitting bugs\" section.\n" +"\n" +" You may also want to ask the ethereal-users@ethereal.com and the\n" +" winpcap-users@winpcap.polito.it mailing lists to see if anybody\n" +" happens to know about the problem and know a workaround or fix for the\n" +" problem. (Note that you will have to subscribe to that list in order\n" +" to be allowed to mail to it; see the WinPcap support page, or the\n" +" local mirror of that page, for information on the mailing list.) In\n" +" your mail, please give full details of the problem, as described\n" +" above, and also indicate that the problem occurs with WinDump, not\n" +" just with Ethereal.\n" +"\n" +" Q 5.15: I'm running on a UNIX-flavored OS; why does some network\n" +" interface on my machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the\n" +" \"Interface:\" field in the dialog box popped up by \"Capture->Start\",\n" +" and/or why does Ethereal give me an error if I try to capture on that\n" +" interface? \n" +"\n" +" A: You may need to run Ethereal from an account with sufficient\n" +" privileges to capture packets, such as the super-user account. Only\n" +" those interfaces that Ethereal can open for capturing show up in that\n" +" list; if you don't have sufficient privileges to capture on any\n" +" interfaces, no interfaces will show up in the list.\n" +"\n" +" If you are running Ethereal from an account with sufficient\n" +" privileges, then note that Ethereal relies on the libpcap library, and\n" +" on the facilities that come with the OS on which it's running in order\n" +" to do captures.\n" +"\n" +" Therefore, if the OS or the libpcap library don't support capturing on\n" +" a particular network interface device, Ethereal won't be able to\n" +" capture on that device.\n" +"\n" +" On Linux, note that you need to have \"packet socket\" support enabled\n" +" in your kernel; see the \"Packet socket\" item in the Linux\n" +" \"Configure.help\" file.\n" +"\n" +" On BSD, note that you need to have BPF support enabled in your kernel;\n" +" see the documentation for your system for information on how to enable\n" +" BPF support (if it's not enabled by default on your system).\n" +"\n" +" On DEC OSF/1, Digital UNIX, or Tru64 UNIX, note that you need to have\n" +" packet filtering support in your kernel; the doconfig command will\n" +" allow you to configure and build a new kernel with that option.\n" +"\n" +" On Solaris, note that libpcap 0.6.2 and earlier didn't support Token\n" +" Ring interfaces; the current version, 0.7.2, does support Token Ring,\n" +" and the current version of Ethereal works with libcap 0.7.2 and later.\n" +"\n" +, + +" If an interface doesn't show up in the list of interfaces in the\n" +" \"Interface:\" field, and you know the name of the interface, try\n" +" entering that name in the \"Interface:\" field and capturing on that\n" +" device.\n" +"\n" +" If the attempt to capture on it succeeds, the interface is somehow not\n" +" being reported by the mechanism Ethereal uses to get a list of\n" +" interfaces; please report this to ethereal-dev@ethereal.com giving\n" +" full details of the problem, including\n" +" * the operating system you're using, and the version of that\n" +" operating system (for Linux, give both the version number of the\n" +" kernel and the name and version number of the distribution you're\n" +" using);\n" +" * the type of network device you're using.\n" "\n" " If you are having trouble capturing on a particular network interface,\n" " and you've made sure that (on platforms that require it) you've\n" " arranged that packet capture support is present, as per the above,\n" -" first try capturing on that device with tcpdump - or, on Windows, the\n" -" tcpdump port to Windows, named WinDump; see the WinDump Web site, the\n" -" local mirror of the WinDump Web site, or the Wiretapped.net mirror of\n" -" the WinDump site, for information on using WinDump.\n" +" first try capturing on that device with tcpdump.\n" "\n" -" If you can capture on the interface with tcpdump/WinDump, send mail to\n" +" If you can capture on the interface with tcpdump, send mail to\n" " ethereal-users@ethereal.com giving full details of the problem,\n" " including\n" " * the operating system you're using, and the version of that\n" @@ -1150,33 +1235,24 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " * the type of network device you're using;\n" " * the error message you get from Ethereal.\n" "\n" -" If you cannot capture on the interface with tcpdump/WinDump, this is\n" -" almost certainly a problem with one or more of:\n" +" If you cannot capture on the interface with tcpdump, this is almost\n" +" certainly a problem with one or more of:\n" " * the operating system you're using;\n" " * the device driver for the interface you're using;\n" -" * the libpcap/WinPcap library and, if this is Windows, the WinPcap\n" -" device driver;\n" +" * the libpcap library;\n" "\n" -" so:\n" -" * if you are using Windows, first check the WinPcap FAQ, the local\n" -" mirror of that FAQ, or the Wiretapped.net mirror of that FAQ, to\n" -" see if your problem is mentioned there. If not, then see the\n" -" WinPcap support page (or the local mirror of that page) - check\n" -" the \"Submitting bugs\" section;\n" -" * if you are using some Linux distribution, some version of BSD, or\n" -" some other UNIX-flavored OS, you should report the problem to the\n" -" company or organization that produces the OS (in the case of a\n" -" Linux distribution, report the problem to whoever produces the\n" -" distribution).\n" +" so you should report the problem to the company or organization that\n" +" produces the OS (in the case of a Linux distribution, report the\n" +" problem to whoever produces the distribution).\n" "\n" -" You may also want to ask the ethereal-users@ethereal.com and, if this\n" -" is a UNIX-flavored platform, tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org mailing lists\n" -" to see if anybody happens to know about the problem and know a\n" -" workaround or fix for the problem. In your mail, please give full\n" -" details of the problem, as described above, and also indicate that the\n" -" problem occurs with tcpdump/WinDump, not just with Ethereal.\n" +" You may also want to ask the ethereal-users@ethereal.com and the\n" +" tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org mailing lists to see if anybody happens to\n" +" know about the problem and know a workaround or fix for the problem.\n" +" In your mail, please give full details of the problem, as described\n" +" above, and also indicate that the problem occurs with tcpdump not just\n" +" with Ethereal.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.15: I'm running Ethereal on Windows NT/2000/XP/Server; my machine\n" +" Q 5.16: I'm running Ethereal on Windows NT/2000/XP/Server; my machine\n" " has a PPP (dial-up POTS, ISDN, etc.) interface, and it shows up in the\n" " \"Interface\" item in the \"Capture Options\" dialog box. Why can no\n" " packets be sent on or received from that network while I'm trying to\n" @@ -1190,7 +1266,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Preferences\" dialog box, but this may mean that outgoing packets, or\n" " incoming packets, won't be seen in the capture.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.16: I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with\n" +" Q 5.17: I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with\n" " more than one network adapter of the same type; Ethereal shows all of\n" " those adapters with the same name, but I can't use any of those\n" " adapters other than the first one.\n" @@ -1201,10 +1277,19 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " capture only on the first such interface; Ethereal is a\n" " libpcap/WinPcap-based application.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.17: I have an XXX network card on my machine; if I try to capture\n" +" Q 5.18: I'm running Ethereal on Windows, and I'm not seeing any\n" +" traffic being sent by the machine running Ethereal.\n" +"\n" +" A: If you are running some form of VPN client software, it might be\n" +" causing this problem; people have seen this problem when they have\n" +" Check Point's VPN software installed on their machine. If that's the\n" +" cause of the problem, you will have to remove the VPN software in\n" +" order to have Ethereal (or any other application using WinPcap) see\n" +" outgoing packets; unfortunately, neither we nor the WinPcap developers\n" +" know any way to make WinPcap and the VPN software work well together.\n" +"\n" +" Q 5.19: I have an XXX network card on my machine; if I try to capture\n" " on it, my machine crashes or resets itself. \n" -, - "\n" " A: This is almost certainly a problem with one or more of:\n" " * the operating system you're using;\n" @@ -1221,7 +1306,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Linux distribution, report the problem to whoever produces the\n" " distribution).\n" "\n" -" Q 5.18: My machine crashes or resets itself when I select \"Start\" from\n" +" Q 5.20: My machine crashes or resets itself when I select \"Start\" from\n" " the \"Capture\" menu or select \"Preferences\" from the \"Edit\" menu. \n" "\n" " A: Both of those operations cause Ethereal to try to build a list of\n" @@ -1230,20 +1315,20 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " or, for Windows, WinPcap bug that causes the system to crash when this\n" " happens; see the previous question.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.19: Does Ethereal work on Windows ME? \n" +" Q 5.21: Does Ethereal work on Windows ME? \n" "\n" " A: Yes, but if you want to capture packets, you will need to install\n" " the latest version of WinPcap, as 2.02 and earlier versions of WinPcap\n" " didn't support Windows ME. You should also install the latest version\n" " of Ethereal as well.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.20: Does Ethereal work on Windows XP? \n" +" Q 5.22: Does Ethereal work on Windows XP? \n" "\n" " A: Yes, but if you want to capture packets, you will need to install\n" " the latest version of WinPcap, as 2.2 and earlier versions of WinPcap\n" " didn't support Windows XP.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.21: Why doesn't Ethereal correctly identify RTP packets? It shows\n" +" Q 5.23: Why doesn't Ethereal correctly identify RTP packets? It shows\n" " them only as UDP.\n" "\n" " A: Ethereal can identify a UDP datagram as containing a packet of a\n" @@ -1276,7 +1361,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " both the source and destination ports of the packet should be\n" " dissected as some particular protocol.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.22: Why doesn't Ethereal show Yahoo Messenger packets in captures\n" +" Q 5.24: Why doesn't Ethereal show Yahoo Messenger packets in captures\n" " that contain Yahoo Messenger traffic?\n" "\n" " A: Ethereal only recognizes as Yahoo Messenger traffic packets to or\n" @@ -1286,7 +1371,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " Messenger packets (even if the TCP segment also contains the beginning\n" " of another Yahoo Messenger packet).\n" "\n" -" Q 5.23: Why do I get the error \n" +" Q 5.25: Why do I get the error \n" "\n" " Gdk-ERROR **: Palettized display (256-colour) mode not supported on\n" " Windows.\n" @@ -1301,7 +1386,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " to a display mode with more colors; if it doesn't support more than\n" " 256 colors, you will be unable to run Ethereal.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.24: When I capture on Windows in promiscuous mode, I can see\n" +" Q 5.26: When I capture on Windows in promiscuous mode, I can see\n" " packets other than those sent to or from my machine; however, those\n" " packets show up with a \"Short Frame\" indication, unlike packets to or\n" " from my machine. What should I do to arrange that I see those packets\n" @@ -1311,7 +1396,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " running on the network interface on which you're capturing; turn it\n" " off on that interface.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.25: How can I capture raw 802.11 packets, including non-data\n" +" Q 5.27: How can I capture raw 802.11 packets, including non-data\n" " (management, beacon) packets? \n" "\n" " A: That would require that your 802.11 interface run in the mode\n" @@ -1442,7 +1527,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " On platforms that don't allow Ethereal to capture raw 802.11 packets,\n" " the 802.11 network will appear like an Ethernet to Ethereal.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.26: How can I capture packets with CRC errors? \n" +" Q 5.28: How can I capture packets with CRC errors? \n" "\n" " A: Ethereal can capture only the packets that the packet capture\n" " library - libpcap on UNIX-flavored OSes, and the WinPcap port to\n" @@ -1459,7 +1544,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " libpcap and the packet capture program you're using are necessary to\n" " support capturing those packets.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.27: How can I capture entire frames, including the FCS? \n" +" Q 5.29: How can I capture entire frames, including the FCS? \n" "\n" " A: Ethereal can't capture any data that the packet capture library -\n" " libpcap on UNIX-flavored OSes, and the WinPcap port to Windows of\n" @@ -1479,7 +1564,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " not support capturing the FCS of a frame on Ethernet, and probably do\n" " not support it on most other link-layer types.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.28: Ethereal hangs after I stop a capture. \n" +" Q 5.30: Ethereal hangs after I stop a capture. \n" "\n" " A: The most likely reason for this is that Ethereal is trying to look\n" " up an IP address in the capture to convert it to a name (so that, for\n" @@ -1520,6 +1605,8 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { "\n" " If Ethereal hangs when reading a capture even with network name\n" " resolution turned off, there might, for example, be a bug in one of\n" +, + " Ethereal's dissectors for a protocol causing it to loop infinitely.\n" " The bug should be reported to the Ethereal developers' mailing list at\n" " ethereal-dev@ethereal.com.\n" @@ -1549,7 +1636,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " contains sensitive information (e.g., passwords), then please do not\n" " send it.\n" "\n" -" Q 5.29: How can I search for, or filter, packets that have a\n" +" Q 5.31: How can I search for, or filter, packets that have a\n" " particular string anywhere in them? \n" "\n" " A: Currently, you can't.\n" @@ -1571,7 +1658,7 @@ const char *faq_part[] = { " list. \n" " For corrections/additions/suggestions for this page, please send email\n" " to: ethereal-web[AT]ethereal.com\n" -" Last modified: Thu, March 20 2003.\n" +" Last modified: Thu, April 10 2003.\n" }; -#define FAQ_PARTS 4 -#define FAQ_SIZE 71384 +#define FAQ_PARTS 5 +#define FAQ_SIZE 75375 |