Subject: Bug#3742: tcpdump doesn't notice icmp packets on PPP interface

From: Chris Fearnley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 19:55:04 -0400 (EDT)

Package: tcpdump
Version: 3.0.4-1

The subject says it all: tcpdump doesn't notice any incoming icmp
(ping) packets on a PPP interface.

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From: "James A. Robinson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 00:49:21 -0400

> (ping) packets on a PPP interface.

Just curious, did you give it the interface argument? "tcpdump -i <interface?"
Your bug report made me curious, so I checked to see that it worked on
my CLSIP via SLiRP connecion -- and it does.

Jim