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-rw-r--r-- | doc/dumpcap.pod | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/tshark.pod | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/wireshark.pod.template | 6 |
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod index b643970fba..b0b1483a4b 100644 --- a/doc/dumpcap.pod +++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod @@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ interface, is printed. The interface name or the number can be supplied to the B<-i> option to specify an interface on which to capture. This can be useful on systems that don't have a command to list them -(e.g., Windows systems, or UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a>); -the number can be useful on Windows 2000 and later systems, where the -interface name is a somewhat complex string. +(UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a> or Linux systems lacking +B<ip link show>). The number can be useful on Windows systems, where +the interface name might be a long name or a GUID. Note that "can capture" means that B<Dumpcap> was able to open that device to do a live capture. Depending on your system you may need to diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index cb408bef8a..ac206fed1e 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -279,9 +279,9 @@ interface, is printed. The interface name or the number can be supplied to the B<-i> option to specify an interface on which to capture. This can be useful on systems that don't have a command to list them -(e.g., Windows systems, or UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a>); -the number can be useful on Windows 2000 and later systems, where the -interface name is a somewhat complex string. +(UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a> or Linux systems lacking +B<ip link show>). The number can be useful on Windows systems, where +the interface name might be a long name or a GUID. Note that "can capture" means that B<TShark> was able to open that device to do a live capture. Depending on your system you may need to diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index c098e3f627..07deb13a29 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ interface, is printed. The interface name or the number can be supplied to the B<-i> flag to specify an interface on which to capture. This can be useful on systems that don't have a command to list them -(e.g., Windows systems, or UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a>); -the number can be useful on Windows 2000 and later systems, where the -interface name is a somewhat complex string. +(UNIX systems lacking B<ifconfig -a> or Linux systems lacking +B<ip link show>). The number can be useful on Windows systems, where +the interface name might be a long name or a GUID. Note that "can capture" means that B<Wireshark> was able to open that device to do a live capture; if, on your system, a program doing a |