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help with the UI

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Hey guys,

I was wondering why in every tutorial I've watched on Wireshark, when they program first opens it has a gui and mine doesn't. It just has welcome to wireshark.. capture then the ports ie ethernet, wifif etc.. Can I fix it?

asked 04 Jan '17, 16:15

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please post a screenshot of what you're seeing. make sure it doesn't have any private information on it of course.

(04 Jan '17, 17:41) PEMinecraft

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Try starting wireshark-gtk (the so called legacy interface) and see if that look familiar. Most tutorials up to now have been of Wireshark 1.x, which has this user interface. The (relatively new) current interface of Wireshark 2.x, based on Qt, looks like you describe.

answered 04 Jan '17, 22:28

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thanks Jaap. that was it. I appreciate it.

(05 Jan '17, 01:48) AnonStrous

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(05 Jan '17, 03:06) grahamb ♦