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1The following instructions apply if you have a Linux platform and want
2libpcap to support the Septel range of passive network monitoring cards
3from Intel (https://www.intel.com)
4
51) Install and build the Septel software distribution by following the
6instructions supplied with that package.
7
82) Configure libcap. To allow the 'configure' script to locate the Septel
9software distribution use the '--with-septel' option:
10
11        ./configure --with-septel=DIR
12
13where DIR is the root of the Septel software distribution, for example
14/var/src/septel.
15
16By default (if you write only ./configure --with-septel) it takes
17./../septel as argument for DIR.
18
19If the Septel software is correctly detected 'configure' will
20report:
21
22        checking whether we have Septel API... yes
23
24If 'configure' reports that there is no Septel API, the directory may have been
25incorrectly specified or the Septel software was not built before configuring
26libpcap.
27
28See also the libpcap INSTALL.md file for further libpcap configuration
29options.
30
31Building libpcap at this stage will include support for both the native
32packet capture stream and for capturing from Septel cards.  To build
33libpcap with only Septel support specify the capture type as 'septel'
34when configuring libpcap:
35
36        ./configure --with-septel=DIR --with-pcap=septel
37
38Applications built with libpcap configured in this way will only detect Septel
39cards and will not capture from the native OS packet stream.
40
41Note: As mentioned in pcap-septel.c we should first edit the system.txt
42file to change the user part example (UPE) module id to 0xdd instead of
430x2d for technical reason.  So this change in system.txt is crucial and
44things will go wrong if it's not done.  System.txt along with config.txt
45are configuration files that are edited by the user before running the
46gctload program that uses these files for initialising modules and
47configuring parameters.
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50for more information please contact me : gil_hoyek@hotmail.com
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