On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 06:09:41PM -0500, Rod Young wrote:
> I can't seem to get Ethereal to work. I get the following message:
>
> The capture session could not be initiated (Error opening adapter:
> Overlapped I/O operation in progress.).
>
> ...
>
> How do I find out which I/O is being overlapped and fix this problem?
It's not that simple. The error status is a bit of a grotty internal
status from the WinPcap driver and the bowels of Windows NT 5.1 desktop,
err, umm, sorry, Windows XP; it's not as if there's an I/O operation
that a user can find and un-overlap.
Instead:
un-install WinPcap;
use whatever Windows XP has for finding files by name (for all I
know, they "improved" the UI by yet again renaming the "For
Files and Folders..." item under "Search" in the "Start" menu to
something new, having renamed it from something else between NT
4.0 and NT 5.0^H^H^H^H^H^HWindows 2000), and search for files
named "wpcap.dll";
if you find *any* files named "wpcap.dll", remove them;
do the same for "packet.dll";
re-install WinPcap 2.3 beta;
try Ethereal;
if it gives the same problems, try downloading WinDump:
http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump/
and try it on the same network device;
if it gives the same problem, report it to the WinPcap
developers at
winpcap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
