such as T1/E1 lines are all PPP interfaces, so those interfaces might
not show up on the list of interfaces in the "Capture Options" dialog on
those OSes.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1
- might help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some
- other problems that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you
- should report those problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can
- try to fix those problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is
- released. WinPcap 3.1 will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0.
- See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT
+ 4.0 or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it
+ the "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should
+ un-install it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki
+ item on PPP capturing for details.
4. WinPcap prior to 3.0 does not support multiprocessor machines (note that
machines with a single multi-threaded processor, such as Intel's new
multi-threaded x86 processors, are multiprocessor machines as far as the
avoid those problems, support for PPP WAN interfaces on those versions of
Windows has been disabled in WinPcap 3.0.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1 might
- help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some other problems
- that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you should report those
- problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can try to fix those
- problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is released. WinPcap 3.1
- will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0. See the Ethereal Wiki item
- on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT 4.0
+ or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it the
+ "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should un-install
+ it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP
+ capturing for details.
Q 5.7: I'm running Ethereal on a UNIX-flavored OS; why does some network
interface on my machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the
"Capture Preferences" dialog box, but this may mean that outgoing packets,
or incoming packets, won't be seen in the capture.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1 might
- help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some other problems
- that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you should report those
- problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can try to fix those
- problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is released. WinPcap 3.1
- will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0. See the Ethereal Wiki item
- on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT 4.0
+ or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it the
+ "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should un-install
+ it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP
+ capturing for details.
Q 5.25: I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with more
than one network adapter of the same type; Ethereal shows all of those
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- Last modified: Thu, August 25 2005.
+ Last modified: Thu, September 15 2005.
such as T1/E1 lines are all PPP interfaces, so those interfaces might
not show up on the list of interfaces in the "Capture Options" dialog on
those OSes.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1
- might help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some
- other problems that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you
- should report those problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can
- try to fix those problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is
- released. WinPcap 3.1 will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0.
- See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT
+ 4.0 or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it
+ the "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should
+ un-install it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki
+ item on PPP capturing for details.
4. WinPcap prior to 3.0 does not support multiprocessor machines (note that
machines with a single multi-threaded processor, such as Intel's new
multi-threaded x86 processors, are multiprocessor machines as far as the
avoid those problems, support for PPP WAN interfaces on those versions of
Windows has been disabled in WinPcap 3.0.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1 might
- help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some other problems
- that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you should report those
- problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can try to fix those
- problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is released. WinPcap 3.1
- will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0. See the Ethereal Wiki item
- on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT 4.0
+ or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it the
+ "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should un-install
+ it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP
+ capturing for details.
Q 5.7: I'm running Ethereal on a UNIX-flavored OS; why does some network
interface on my machine not show up in the list of interfaces in the
"Capture Preferences" dialog box, but this may mean that outgoing packets,
or incoming packets, won't be seen in the capture.
- On Windows 2000 and later, installing the beta version of WinPcap 3.1 might
- help, although, as it's a beta version, that might cause some other problems
- that don't occur with older versions of WinPcap; you should report those
- problems to the WinPcap developers, so that they can try to fix those
- problems before the final version of WinPcap 3.1 is released. WinPcap 3.1
- will not support PPP captures on Windows NT 4.0. See the Ethereal Wiki item
- on PPP capturing for details.
+ On Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003, but not Windows NT 4.0
+ or Windows Vista Beta 1, you should be able to capture on the
+ "GenericDialupAdapter" with WinPcap 3.1. (3.1 beta releases called it the
+ "NdisWanAdapter"; if you're using a 3.1 beta release, you should un-install
+ it and install the final 3.1 release.) See the Ethereal Wiki item on PPP
+ capturing for details.
Q 5.25: I'm running Ethereal on Windows 95/98/Me, on a machine with more
than one network adapter of the same type; Ethereal shows all of those
ethereal-users[AT]ethereal.com mailing list.
For corrections/additions/suggestions for this web page (and not Ethereal
support questions), please send email to ethereal-web[AT]ethereal.com .
- Last modified: Thu, August 25 2005.
+ Last modified: Thu, September 15 2005.