Re: Warning: arptype 802 not supported

[Guy Harris <guy () netapp com>]

On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 10:15:22PM +0100, Werner Schalk wrote:
> I have downloaded the latest version of libpcap and
> installed it.

"Latest version" as in libpcap 0.7.1, or "latest version" as in "current
CVS version", i.e. the stuff you can get from "Current Tar files" on the
tcpdump.org home page?

> Now when I try to scan my local wlan
> using nmap I get the following error message
> of libpcap:
>
> Warning: arptype 802 not supported by libpcap - falling back to cooked socket
>
> How can I solve this

ARP type 802 is ARPHRD_IEEE80211_PRISM, which is only supported by the
current CVS version, not by 0.7.1.

Thus, to solve it, you have to use the current CVS version.
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