1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
index 04b1bb1..e362883 100644
--- a/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opienet/opcap.cpp
@@ -807,62 +807,63 @@ int OPacketCapturer::dataLink() const
 }
 
 
 int OPacketCapturer::fileno() const
 {
     if ( _open )
     {
         return pcap_fileno( _pch );
     }
     else
     {
         return -1;
     }
 }
 
 OPacket* OPacketCapturer::next()
 {
     packetheaderstruct header;
     qDebug( "==> OPacketCapturer::next()" );
     const unsigned char* pdata = pcap_next( _pch, &header );
     qDebug( "<== OPacketCapturer::next()" );
     if ( _pcd )
         pcap_dump( (u_char*) _pcd, &header, pdata );
 
-    if ( header.len )
+    if ( pdata && header.len )
     {
         OPacket* p = new OPacket( dataLink(), header, pdata, 0 );
         // packets shouldn't be inserted in the QObject child-parent hierarchy,
         // because due to memory constraints they will be deleted as soon
         // as possible - that is right after they have been processed
         // by emit() [ see below ]
         //TODO: make gathering statistics optional, because it takes time
         p->updateStats( _stats, const_cast<QObjectList*>( p->children() ) );
 
         return p;
     }
     else
     {
+        qWarning( "OPacketCapturer::next() - no packet received!" );
         return 0;
     }
 }
 
 
 bool OPacketCapturer::open( const QString& name, const QString& filename )
 {
     if ( _open )
     {
         if ( name == _name )    // ignore opening an already openend device
         {
             return true;
         }
         else                    // close the last opened device
         {
             close();
         }
     }
 
     _name = name;
 
     // open libpcap
     pcap_t* handle = pcap_open_live( const_cast<char*>( (const char*) name ), 1024, 0, 0, &_errbuf[0] );