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Remote Capture on startup

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Hi all,

I have managed to get the remote capture feature working on the target machine, however every time I need to shut down the target/my own PC, I need to manually re-enter the connection details. Is there a way to make it so it saves the details I have previously entered, so I can start capturing data on startup without any intervention on my part?

Many thanks

asked 02 Nov '15, 03:06

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MWMWMW
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Sounds like you're hitting a know problem, depending on your Wireshark version.

https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/17898/remote-interfaces-does-not-save

possible solution:

Run Wirshark with a commandline to tell it the remote interface

https://ask.wireshark.org/questions/23393/manually-enter-remote-capture-line

Example:

wireshark -i rpcap://ip.address/eth0

Regards
Kurt

answered 02 Nov '15, 05:00

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Kurt Knochner ♦
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Thanks Kurt, I will give this a try

(02 Nov '15, 08:45) MWMWMW

good luck!

(02 Nov '15, 08:49) Kurt Knochner ♦

When will this be "fixed"? At least in version 2.2.1 there is a disclaimer stating interfaces won't be saved. (See screenshot.)

Note to developers: This is very inconvenient especially when you have multiple devices to track.

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(19 Oct '16, 13:59) Jollyrgr

FWIW this request is tracked as bug 8557.

(27 Oct '16, 06:34) JeffMorriss ♦