From c84cedd8916910707661c90f5c1a079200c6855e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Harris Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 01:48:15 +0000 Subject: Beef up the HP-UX README with some more information. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1372 --- README.hpux | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) (limited to 'README.hpux') diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux index 211e3f57da..f71ce10517 100644 --- a/README.hpux +++ b/README.hpux @@ -20,3 +20,41 @@ If you want to use Ethereal to capture packets, you will have to install "libpcap"; the INSTALL file for "libpcap" has several comments about HP-UX, which you should read if you're going to install and use "libpcap" on HP-UX. + +Another note, from a mail message to the "ethereal-users" list: + +Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 09:05:47 -0600 (EST) +From: Gerald Combs +To: Lothar Seitter +cc: ethereal-users@zing.org +Subject: Re: [ethereal-users] permission problem with capturing + +On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Lothar Seitter wrote: + +> running 'ethereal' under HP-UX 11 with root permission and +> /dev/lan0 set to 777, I always get the message: +> "There are no network interfaces that can be opened. +> Please to make sure you have sufficient permission to +> capture packets." +> +> I start ethereal with 'etheral -i lan0' and lan0 is definitely +> the lan interface. +> +> What am I missing??? + +You may need to reference the card's DLPI device directly. We were having +trouble getting Ethereal to capture on an HP-UX 10.20 machine here. I +found an article on Deja News that says: + +"To access a particular interface, you would say "tcpdump -i /dev/dlpiN" +where N is the PPA of the interface you wish to use. You get the PPA by +looking at the output of lanscan. On 10.20, it is the same value as the +NMID. On 11.X, it is the Card Instance number." + +This didn't help in our case, but it might in yours. The full article is +at http://x34.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=549366486 . + +Another article by the same author mentions that experimental versions of +libpcap and tcpdump are available at +ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/tools/ . The article itself is at +http://x34.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=558665378 . -- cgit v1.2.3