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From: pmh@pilhuhn.de (Patrick M.Hausen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help on Config bpf0
Date: 14 Feb 1996 12:02:11 +0100
Organization: The Home Of The Pilhuhn
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Bala PERIASAMY <bala@cst.com.au> writes:
>When i try tcpdump
>the error is
>/dev/bpf0 is not configured.
>How to configure? . There is a entry for bpf0 in /dev/MAKDEV file by
>default.
You have to build your own custom kernel with bpfilter included.
Insert a line "pseudo-device bpfilter n" in your config file, where
n means "Number of interfaces you might want to monitor simultaneously".
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