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author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2005-10-04 04:23:09 +0000 |
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committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2005-10-04 04:23:09 +0000 |
commit | 9e96a03e180b61990dc688202ce33b5759dc5f53 (patch) | |
tree | 864f0860c70213acdd3ae6f4dd4e6226be8e2697 /tethereal.c | |
parent | d4725c127c54354823501ac734fd8e29ea0d006f (diff) |
Add a note about 64-bit support in WinPcap to the capture errors on
Windows, and add the URL for the CaptureSetup page to the Tethereal
error.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=16103
Diffstat (limited to 'tethereal.c')
-rw-r--r-- | tethereal.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tethereal.c b/tethereal.c index da4c3dff6d..148e43cdaf 100644 --- a/tethereal.c +++ b/tethereal.c @@ -1536,11 +1536,22 @@ capture(char *save_file, int out_file_type) /* On Win32 OSes, the capture devices are probably available to all users; don't warn about permissions problems. - Do, however, warn that WAN devices aren't supported. */ + Do, however, warn about the lack of 64-bit support, and 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" +"Help can be found at: http://wiki.ethereal.com/CaptureSetup\n" +"\n" +"WinPcap does not support 64-bit Windows, so you will not be able to capture\n" +"traffic with Tethereal on 64-bit Windows. You will have to use some other\n" +"tool to capture traffic, such as netcap; see\n" +"\n" +" http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310875\n" +"\n" +"for information about netcap.\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" |