Update to current reality (WinPcap 3.1) the messages shown on Windows if

a capture device open fails.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=15951
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Guy Harris 2005-09-22 01:53:54 +00:00
parent 031d7beea0
commit b093cc3697
2 changed files with 12 additions and 14 deletions

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@ -628,13 +628,10 @@ static int capture_loop_open_input(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld,
"Please check that you have the proper interface specified.\n"
"\n"
"Note that version 3.0 of WinPcap, and earlier versions of WinPcap, don't\n"
"support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces in Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP / Server 2003.\n"
"\n"
"WinPcap 3.1 has experimental support for it on Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003,\n"
"but has no support for it on Windows NT 4.0. WinPcap 3.1 is currently in beta,\n"
"so using it might introduce bugs not present in WinPcap 3.0; you should report\n"
"all problems you see to the WinPcap developers, so they can try to fix\n"
"them before the final WinPcap 3.1 release.",
"support capturing on PPP/WAN interfaces on Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP /\n"
"Server 2003.\n"
"WinPcap 3.1 has support for it on Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003, but has no\n"
"support for it on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows Vista (Beta 1).",
simple_dialog_primary_start(), simple_dialog_primary_end(),
open_err_str);
return FALSE;

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@ -1538,13 +1538,14 @@ capture(char *save_file, int out_file_type)
Do, however, 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"
"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.\n",
"The capture session could not be initiated (%s).\n"
"Please check that you have the proper interface specified.\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"
"WinPcap 3.1 has support for it on Windows 2000 / XP / Server 2003, but has no\n"
"support for it on Windows NT 4.0 or Windows Vista (Beta 1).\n",
open_err_str);
goto error;
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