Re: [Ethereal-users] No packets being captured at all

[Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Robinson, Samuel wrote:

> I am having some problems after I got the program installed. The
> installation went fine and it found the network interface fine. When I
> went to capture packets nothing was captured at all. There werent even
> any packets captured when i navigated to several different web pages. I
> am confused as to why this is happening. Any suggestions?

On what operating system are you running Ethereal?

On what type of network interface (Ethernet, 802.11, PPP, etc.) are you 
trying to capture?

Are you capturing on the same machine as the one you're using to 
navigate to the Web pages in question?