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    • R
      rubenc
      last edited by

      Hi,

      Would it be possible having a tcpdump version so we can specify "any" as interface? It comes handy sometimes…

      Latest pfsense:

      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx]/root: tcpdump –version
      tcpdump: illegal option -- -
      tcpdump version 4.4.0
      libpcap version 1.4.0
      [2.3.2-RELEASE][root@xxxxxx.xxx.xxx]/root: tcpdump -i any icmp
      tcpdump: any: No such device exists

      against

      $ tcpdump –version
      tcpdump version 4.7.4
      libpcap version 1.7.4
      OpenSSL 1.0.2g  1 Mar 2016

      $ sudo tcpdump -i any icmp
      tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
      listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked), capture size 262144 bytes

      Thanks,

      Rubén.
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      Hardware: SC1935 | WAN: em (PCIe) | LAN: bge (onboard) | RAM: 2Gb
      2.0-RC2-IPv6 (i386)
      built on Sat May 21 21:38:32 EDT 2011

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        It's a limitation of tcpdump on FreeBSD, nothing we can do about that.

        Even on FreeBSD 11 with the latest tcpdump it does not work.

        root@doctor:~ # /usr/local/sbin/tcpdump -i any
        tcpdump: any: No such device exists
        (BIOCSETIF failed: Device not configured)
        root@doctor:~ # /usr/local/sbin/tcpdump --version
        tcpdump version 4.8.0
        libpcap version 1.8.0
        OpenSSL 1.0.2j-freebsd  26 Sep 2016
        root@doctor:~ # uname -a
        FreeBSD doctor.dw.example.com 11.0-RELEASE-p1 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p1 #0 r306420: Thu Sep 29 01:43:23 UTC 2016     root@releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  amd64
        
        

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