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From: pmh@ardbeg.islay.sub.org (Patrick M. Hausen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: tcpdump
Date: 27 Aug 1996 15:47:14 GMT
Organization: Patrick M. Hausen - private site
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Lai L F (csclailf@leonis.nus.sg) wrote:
: When I try to use tcpdump, I got an error messages as follow:

: tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured

: How do I configure this device??

Build a new kernel with a line in the config file reading

	pseudo-device	bpfilter	4

The "4" determines the number of tcpdump processes you can run
simultaneously.

Paddy

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