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Unable to capture packets on interface.

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Hi

I have following 3 interfaces

[email protected]:~$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:43:e1:79:03 inet addr:155.98.39.121 Bcast:155.98.39.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:225209 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:212227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:211193409 (211.1 MB) TX bytes:41723043 (41.7 MB)

eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:a8:fc:0e inet addr:10.10.1.1 Bcast:10.10.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:1068 (1.0 KB) TX bytes:1266 (1.2 KB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:55140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:55140 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:14918354 (14.9 MB) TX bytes:14918354 (14.9 MB)

[email protected]:~$

But when i start wireshark using

[email protected]:~$ wireshark &

A wireshark network analyser window opens , but it is not showing any interfaces to capture the traffic.

I am not running this on my local machine. This is GENI resources which i can access through ssh.

I want to capture the network traffic in eth4 . Can anyone help me on this ?

Thanks Navaz

asked 30 Dec '13, 21:05

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It seems you don't have the necessary privileges to start traces. Did you check the steps listed here http://ask.wireshark.org/questions/7523/ubuntu-machine-no-interfaces-listed

answered 31 Dec '13, 00:00

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