Opened 18 years ago

Closed 18 years ago

Last modified 18 years ago

#11649 closed defect (fixed)

BUG (with patch): libpcap 0.9.5 stops wireless working when running Wireshark on Intel

Reported by: matt@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: High Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc: matt@… opendarwin.org@…
Port:

Description

When running WireShark (which uses libpcap) on an Intel laptop, the wireless interface will disassociate. The attached patch fixes the issue.

Patch is based on http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/libpcap/inet.c?r1=1.72&r2=1.73 see darwin-dev list discussion at

Attachments (1)

patch-inet.c (1.0 KB) - added by matt@… 18 years ago.
Patch for inet.c

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Change History (4)

Changed 18 years ago by matt@…

Attachment: patch-inet.c added

Patch for inet.c

comment:1 Changed 18 years ago by matt@…

comment:2 Changed 18 years ago by ghosthound

Resolution: fixed
Status: newclosed

Similar patch (derived from later libpcap sources) committed. Please test, as I don't have a machine that exhibits this problem. If there is a problem, please re-open the ticket (or a new one). Thanks too for finding the patch info.

comment:3 Changed 18 years ago by matt@…

Yep, works here. Thanks.

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