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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!usenet.coe.montana.edu!osyjm From: osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: tcpdump: /dev/bpf0: Device not configured Date: 4 Oct 1993 15:53:45 GMT Organization: Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman MT, 59717 Lines: 15 Message-ID: <28pgu9$6gl@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <9310041624.AA0109@havoc.ns.doe.gov> <O5VHBMDH@math.fu-berlin.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: schizo.coe.montana.edu Keywords: tcpdump, bpf In article <O5VHBMDH@math.fu-berlin.de>, Robert A. Wheeler <pipes@knock1.mgh.harvard.edu> wrote: > "tcpdump", distributed with FB, initially complained that bpf0 >did not exist. I politely created it via "sh MAKEDEV bpf0". Invoking >tcpdump now says "Device not configured". Isn't there stuff that needs to go in the kernel too? I don't think just as it sits, the generic kernel has BPF support. But I may be wrong, wouldn't be the first time. -- Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu