Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Bug report: win32: two network adapters have the same name

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 23:08:04 -0700
On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 05:12:32PM +0100, Johannes Hennecke wrote:
> I use Ethereal with Windows 98 and my PC has two ethernet network cards of the
> same manufacturer installed. If I want to capture frames (capture/start) there
> are two interfaces displayed but with identical names (E100B-100). I cannot
> select the second interface (with has the same name as the first interface).
> Only choosing the first interface is allowed. That means that I cannot trace
> with the second interface.

What happens if you install WinDump (the Win32 port of tcpdump):

	http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump/

and run it with the "-D" flag (which, according to the manual page:

	http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump/docs/manual.htm

causes it to list the interfaces available on the system)?  Does it
report two interfaces with identical names?

If so, the problem is with the Win32 libpcap port (WinPcap), which both
Ethereal and WinDump use; you should report this problem to the folks at
the Politecnico di Torino - the page at

	http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/winpcap/

for the WinPcap library says

	Please send bug reports to winpcap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.