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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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