["doug rickard" <rickard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----

From: Graham Bloice

To: doug rickard ; ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 6:02 PM

Subject: RE: [Ethereal-users] Win95 Network Type problem.

 

 

 You have to install the driver.  See http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/winpcap/install/help/95.htm

 

I have attempted to install PACKET.DLL several times according to the instructions on the web page, but it always fails.

 

I have PACKET.DLL and associated files in C:\Lan-analyzer\Packet95

 

I do the following according to the web instructions -

 

1. Open Control Panel

2. Click Network->Add->Protocol->Add->Have Disk.

3. I type in the path as C:\Lan-analyzer\Packet95

4. Click OK

 

At this point things seem to awry and do not follow the instructions.

 

5. Click Select device.

6. Window gives list of Manufacturers and Models. The Packet Driver DOES NOT APPEAR AT ALL in the lists.

7. Click OK

8. Goes back to Select device.

9.Click OK.

10. On Configuration only seemingly relevant entry is "Network Packet Driver for Win95/98 V2.02->Dial-Up Adapter".  (I do have a modem on the machine, and am not sure if this has anything to do with "Dial-Up Adapter")???

11. Click OK

12. A window "Copying Files" comes up with the message -

"The file 'Packet.dll' on (Unknown) could not be found.

Setup had trouble copying a file. Click OK to try copying the file again".

 

I have checked the attributes of the files, they are all "A" as are all other files on the system. I have repeatedly checked the location of the files. There is no doubt at all that the files are at the correct place. Yet the install process cannot find them there.

 

Is there some restrictions on the locations of where the files must be? Certainly there does not seem to be anything else I can do. Where do I go from here?

 

I am running Windows 95A. Unfortunately I cannot upgrade the Laptop to a later version of Win as the Laptop only has a 3.5" floppy drive and no CD-ROM. Win98 and later have only come out on CD-ROM, and not on floppy.

 

By the way, am I expecting too much from Ethereal? I have a coax network with a lot of DOS machines that do data acquisition, etc. They all use NetBIOS for interprocess communication. One of them is intermittently jabbering on the networking causing all other system to give message "Network busy". Yet the actual network traffic should be quiet low, certainly much less than 1% of network bandwidth. Question is - will Ethereal be able to identify from the 802.3 packets on the coax network just which machine is doing the jabbering?

 

Regards,

 

Doug.