no rpcap support

[Youri Matthys]

Binary package hint: wireshark

Wireshark and libpcap do not support the rpcap option for remote capturing. The windows version has this support. Wireshark should be compiled with configure option --with-rpcap to enable this support. libpcap should have the binary support from winpcap remote capturing.

I frequently have to use this option for my job.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 5de76459d69ca750705f38f6f13ed673
CheckboxSystem: 331fbefb4b1f6727f4a8261fee7507c9
Date: Sat Oct 24 11:39:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: wireshark 1.2.1-1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.44-generic
SourcePackage: wireshark
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686

[Stig (stig-bjorlykke)]

Wireshark does have support for rpcap on linux, it's libpcap that lacks support.

[joconnor (joconnor)]

I believe this is the application you are looking for.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpcap/

[Thomas Novin (thomasn80)]

https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-bugs/200808/msg00286.html

"I compiled Wireshark using the Linux library (that does not support remote
packet capture) but I added --with-pcap-remote in the configure statement. I
replaced the libpcap library by the one from WinPCAP. I run WireShark and now
I can perform remote packet capture using rpcap://172.31.4.16/eth1 !"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.