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authorGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2005-10-04 04:23:09 +0000
committerGuy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>2005-10-04 04:23:09 +0000
commit9e96a03e180b61990dc688202ce33b5759dc5f53 (patch)
tree864f0860c70213acdd3ae6f4dd4e6226be8e2697 /tethereal.c
parentd4725c127c54354823501ac734fd8e29ea0d006f (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')
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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"