Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 13:01:05 -0800 (PST) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@ispchannel.com> To: Bill Woodford <woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com> Cc: ML FreeBSD Security <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: tcpdump Message-ID: <XFMail.990202130105.nicole@ispchannel.com> In-Reply-To: <19990202153458.A1152@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com>
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On 02-Feb-99 Bill Woodford wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance, but I built tcpdump (3.4a3) and libcap (0.4a1) and
> it built beautifully. I read the docs, and that mentioned a few things to
> watch out for. However, when I run tcpdump (as root), it gives me:
>
> tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured
>
> I did a little reading, and realize it's possible that my NIC may not
> support it (it's a 3com 3c509 combo), but how would one tell. Can anyone
> enlighten me as to the true nature of this error? Im running natd/ipfw,
> would that interfere with the functioning of tcpdump? Any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
>
> --
I fell into that too. You have to rebild your kernel with "bpfilter 4"
You can find more in LINT.
Hope this helps
Nicole
> Bill Woodford * woodford@cc181716-a.hwrd1.md.home.com * ICQ:14076169
> "Windows Multitasking: Messing up several things at once."
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