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Why am i not seeing any network interfaces on Ubuntu?

asked 2018-01-04 00:02:02 +0000

stephen gravatar image

updated 2025-11-21 19:43:42 +0000

Guy Harris gravatar image

no interfaces are come up

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On what version, of what operating system, is this? And what version of Wireshark are you using?

Guy Harris gravatar imageGuy Harris ( 2018-01-04 02:14:41 +0000 )edit

wireshark 2.4.2
linux ubuntu 17.10 i cant find my interface

basel0701 gravatar imagebasel0701 ( 2018-06-27 09:27:15 +0000 )edit

That is an incredibly old version of Wireshark, I may run into other issues of analysing captures

grahamb gravatar imagegrahamb ( 2025-11-22 06:16:30 +0000 )edit

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answered 2025-11-21 12:35:46 +0000

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updated 2025-11-21 12:38:55 +0000

It is normal, not to see the interfaces until you have completed the following steps in Ubuntu: Open a Terminal by pressing CTRL + Alt + T Type the following commands. Because you run sudo you will be prompted for your password

sudo dpkg-reconfigure wireshark-common

menu will pop up, press right arrow and select yes

sudo adduser $USER wireshark

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/dumpcap

The commands mentioned above will differ between different versions of Ubuntu So this is a guideline

This should solve your problem.

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