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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.serv.net!not-for-mail From: zeno@serv.net (Sean T. Lamont .) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: tcpdump /dev/bpf0 not configured ? 2.1.5 Date: 14 Oct 1996 03:35:21 -0700 Organization: ServNet Internet Services, Seattle, WA Lines: 20 Message-ID: <53t519$8li@itchy.serv.net> References: <stanbDz8n4x.AC0@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: itchy.serv.net In article <stanbDz8n4x.AC0@netcom.com>, Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> wrote: > The man page says something about having a packet filter device >built inot the kernel to make tcpdump work. Is this not in by default ? >Do i need to recompile the kernel to get this to work ? > Yes. add the line pseudo-device bpfilter 4 (for example) and re-build the kernel. -- Sean T. Lamont, President / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet) - Internet access * WWW hosting * TCP/IP * UNIX * NEXTSTEP * WWW Development - email: lamont@abstractsoft.com WWW: http://www.serv.net "...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson