From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 15 21:24:35 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02544 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:24:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (metriclient-2.uoregon.edu [128.223.172.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02511 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:24:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA02714; Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:24:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:24:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Ekke Loo cc: FreeBsd Questions Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <001f01bd9675$b00e2920$0201a8c0@home.computersolutions.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For best results please use a subject line, thanks. On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Ekke Loo wrote: > I installed trafshow and recieve: > > trafshow: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured > > could someone enlighten me as to what /dev/bpf0 is and how to configure this > device... bpf is the Berkeley Packet Filter, which allows direct access to the network through a special interface. You need to build a new kernel with pseudo-device bpfilter 4 to activate it, then run /dev/MAKEDEV bpf0 /dev/MAKEDEV bpf1 /dev/MAKEDEV bpf2 /dev/MAKEDEV bpf3 to create the device nodes. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major NOTICE: Make sure your mailer replies to dwhite@resnet or I won't get it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message