Wireshark issue with New MacBook Pro

[Takashi Yoshida]

Actually, I've seen this happen on my MacBook Pro as well and I do  
not have KisMac installed.
I didn't have much time to search or do anything about it but I was  
going to mention this on the list, but looks like Mike beat me to it.

On Oct 29, 2006, at 7:51 AM, Eric Hall wrote:

> 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
>
>
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Takashi Yoshida
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