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How to set my device name with pcap_platform_finddevs()
From: "Varuna De Silva" <varunax () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:03:15 +0530
Hello, I want to get the name of my device in capture->interfaces
As long as you've modified libpcap/WinPcap so that pcap_findalldevs() adds
your device to the list of available > devices, it should be displayed in Capture -> Interfaces and in the drop-down list in Capture -> Options. I also found in a previous mailing list in wireshark the following,
You'd also want to modify the "pcap_platform_finddevs()" routine to, if
you were
building with support for the Septel cards, call a routine in "
pcap-septel.c" to supply a
list of names for the Septel devices, so they show up when interfaces are enumerated (e.g., when Ethereal shows its drop-down
list of interfaces,
or when Tethereal - o tcpdump, if you add SS7 decoding support to it - are
run with the "-D" flag).
"pcap_add_if()" is the routine it' > call to add an interface to the
list; see, for example,
"dag_platform_finddevs()" in "pcap-dag.c".
I have few questions regarding this 1. How should I work around so that pcap_findalldevs() will add my device in the list? 2. What is the relationship between pcap_platform_finddevs() and pcap_findalldevs() function in this regard ? 3. How should I modify "pcap_platform_finddevs()" so that I get my device added? do I need to do this? 4. Where are these two functions written, (pcap_findalldevs() I found only in fad32! Sorry for this foolish question, But I was not able to figure it out) Thanks Varuna - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit https://cod.sandelman.ca/ to unsubscribe.
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- Re: How to set my device name with pcap_platform_finddevs() Guy Harris (Sep 25)
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- Re: How to set my device name with pcap_platform_finddevs() Varuna De Silva (Sep 27)
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