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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2005-09-22 01:53:54 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2005-09-22 01:53:54 +0000
commitb093cc3697db80513886c96fbd8b9b20fde41084 (patch)
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Update to current reality (WinPcap 3.1) the messages shown on Windows if
a capture device open fails. svn path=/trunk/; revision=15951
Diffstat (limited to 'tethereal.c')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tethereal.c b/tethereal.c
index c29d02e972..51fdea52d3 100644
--- a/tethereal.c
+++ b/tethereal.c
@@ -1538,13 +1538,14 @@ capture(char *save_file, int out_file_type)
Do, however, warn that WAN devices aren't supported. */
g_snprintf(errmsg, sizeof errmsg,
- "The capture session could not be initiated (%s).\n"
- "Please check that you have the proper interface specified.\n"
- "\n"
- "Note that the WinPcap 2.x version of the driver Ethereal uses for packet\n"
- "capture on Windows doesn't support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces in\n"
- "Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, and that the WinPcap 3.0 and later versions\n"
- "don't support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces at all.\n",
+"The capture session could not be initiated (%s).\n"
+"Please check that you have the proper interface specified.\n"
+"\n"
+"Note that version 3.0 of WinPcap, and earlier versions of WinPcap, don't\n"
+"support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces on Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP /\n"
+"Server 2003.\n"
+"WinPcap 3.1 has support for it on Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003, but has no\n"
+"support for it on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows Vista (Beta 1).\n",
open_err_str);
goto error;
#else