RE: [ethereal-users] Error opening adapter

["Fulvio Risso" <risso@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi.
The problem is simply that the packet driver *does not* support token ring
cards.
If you check at the WinPcap / WinDump main site, you'll find that.
We do not support token ring (at the moment) because:
- token ring market sharing is not so large, compared to Ethernet
- we do not have any other technology but ethernet in our university, so we
cannot test TR properly.

Other network technologies (like FDDI) are *maybe* supported; we inserted
the code into WinPcap but we did not test it.
Cheers,

	fulvio

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-ethereal-users@xxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Quick, Edward T
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 15:21
> To: ethereal-users
> Subject: [ethereal-users] Error opening adapter
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have just installed Ethereal for Windows NT, but when I try to
> start the Capture I get the following error msg:
>
> Ethereal: Warning
>
> The capture session could not be initiated (Error opening adapter).
> Please check to make sure you have sufficient permissions, and that
> you have the proper interface specified.
>
> As far as permissions go, I have administrator permission so that
> can't be the problem. The only other thing I can see is the
> interface setting in Capture Preferences which seems to get set
> to this by default:
>
> Interface: \Device\Packet_IbmTok41
>
> Could you tell me how I can round this please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Edward.
>