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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2004-01-18 04:13:44 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2004-01-18 04:13:44 +0000
commit6033a79387a3e6071a3c311e37440e96d1870303 (patch)
tree4f7d9df4da39442beaa496d5ee7f73608542a8f0 /capture.c
parent40d5a781752d1023c4c5a5bc0f50763b0876fe9d (diff)
Update the Win32 information given when we fail to open a capture device
to note that the 3.0 and later versions of WinPcap don't support PPP/WAN captures even on Windows OT. svn path=/trunk/; revision=9709
Diffstat (limited to 'capture.c')
-rw-r--r--capture.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/capture.c b/capture.c
index 47ac667b2b..4ff4392146 100644
--- a/capture.c
+++ b/capture.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/* capture.c
* Routines for packet capture windows
*
- * $Id: capture.c,v 1.221 2004/01/05 19:31:43 ulfl Exp $
+ * $Id: capture.c,v 1.222 2004/01/18 04:13:44 guy Exp $
*
* Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
@@ -1536,8 +1536,10 @@ capture(gboolean *stats_known, struct pcap_stat *stats)
"The capture session could not be initiated (%s).\n"
"Please check that you have the proper interface specified.\n"
"\n"
- "Note that the driver Ethereal uses for packet capture on Windows doesn't\n"
- "support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces in Windows NT/2000/XP/.NET Server.\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.",
open_err_str);
goto error;
#else