Wireshark issue with New MacBook Pro

[Eric Hall]

On Sat, Oct 28, 2006 at 04:26:06PM -0700, Mike Savory wrote:
[snip]
> 
> When running Wireshark the wireless network dies as  soon as you open  
> a "List the available Capture Interface" window the wireless  
> connection dies. The window shows the interface "wlt1",   "ifconfig"  
> shows the en1 as inactive. Performing an actual capture on this  
> interface shows the 802.11 beacon frames from my AP.
> 
> This is annoying as I often use Wireshark to capture on my en0 while  
> remaining connected to my network via en1, but as soon as I open a  
> capture dialog, my network connection drops.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this on Intel Macs? Or is it perhaps a function  
> of the drives for the "Pre-802.11n" Athereos chipset used in the  
> newest Macs??
> 

	'wlt1' is the passive wireless interface driver from KisMac
(see http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/WLAN), perhaps this is
getting activated when you bring up the dialog and is thus dropping
your en1 connection.
	Do you have anything like KisMac installed?


		-eric