Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] ethereal slow to start capture with winpcap 3.1

[Régis Fénéon <regis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I dont see such delay with other programs using winpcap, like windump, but I
dont know how to precisely locate the source of the problem...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ulf Lamping" <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal user support" <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] ethereal slow to start capture with winpcap
3.1


Régis Fénéon wrote:

> Hi,
>
> With winpcap 3.1, starting a capture takes more than 20 seconds (with
> or without realtime display). After the capture window is displayed
> all is working fine, but the delay is really annoying. However when I
> am logged as administrator (or launch ethereal as administrator user),
> the capture starts immediatly. I dont have that problem wen
> using winpcap 3.0.
>
> versions:
> Ethereal Version 0.10.13
> Compiled with GTK+ 2.4.14, with GLib 2.4.7, with WinPcap (version
> unknown),
> with libz 1.2.3, with libpcre 6.3, with Net-SNMP 5.2.1.2, with ADNS.
> WinPcap version 3.1 (packet.dll version 3, 1, 0, 27), based on libpcap
> version 0.9[.x] on Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, build 2195
>

Could you check if this is a Ethereal or a WinPcap problem?

Regards, ULFL

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