On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 08:19:45 you wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I tried the installing the NT download version of the ethereal protocol
> analyzer
> @ zing.org on my Win NT server V4.0 Svc pack 5. I don't think it installed
> properly for 2 reasons.
>
> the install program asked for the Win NT CD to be put into drive A: ??
> Impossible
> and there is no drop down list of ethernet adapters availible when
> capturing
>
Ethereal has no install program. It's just a zip file. Were you installing
something else?
> It seems unlikely to me that the packet.sys driver would be responsible for
> presenting the list of ethernet adapters to the user.
Have you even looked at the Ethereal source code? Ethereal does depend upon
WinPcap for its interface list. Ethereal calls the pcap_lookupdev() function.
> For these reasons, I think either the NT installation has never really been
> debugged, or the
> web site download components are mismatched, or missing.
>
> RayJ
>
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> Subject: RE: [ethereal-users] NT -- no adapter listed
> Author: "Fulvio Risso" <risso@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 8/1/00 9:49 AM
>
> Hi.
> It could be a problem of the packet driver.
> What about launching WinDump?
> http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump
Have you tried Fulvio's suggestion of installing and running WinDump?
--gilbert
