Hi Everyone!
I have a Windows ME OS PC, and have been trying to get either Ethereal
or Analyzer packet sniffer working on my PC, *without* luck.
I can install and *open* either program successfully. But, when I try
to *do* anything with either program, they *both* immediately crash with
the (approximate) following message in the 'Blue Screen of Death' mode:
"Exception 0E in VxD PPPMAC(01) ...
This was called (from) ... VxD NDIS(01) ... "
I get this *exact* same crash message on *both* Analyzer and Ethereal.
So, I looked in the HELP documentation of the *beta* Analyzer 2.1, and
it states there that Win ME OS is NOT SUPPORTED.
And I suspect this is *also* true for the Ethereal software too, that
Win ME does *not* work properly for it. The Ethereal FAQ states that
"Windows ME should work." But I suspect that this is *not* the case.
Anyway, if you know of *anyone* that has gotten Ethereal to work with
the Windows ME OS, please let me know. I'd be interested in asking them
what they did to accomplish that.
In the meantime, my *advise* to you is to state in any messages where
you recommend Ethereal or Analyzer packet sniffers that:
(1) Analyzer 2.1 *beta* does *not* work with Win ME OS, and says so.
(2) It is *unclear* that Ethereal works with Windows ME OS.
I got the CommView and SpyNet sniffers to work *briefly* for me with Win
ME OS. But of course they are now time expired. So, anyway, I'd like
to get the Ethereal packet sniffer working with my Win ME OS if
possible. But I am thinking here that this will require work from the
authors of Ethereal and/or WinPcap, to make that happen.
I think the statistics are that like 35% of PC users run Windows 98,
whereas like 2% of less run Windows ME OS. So I'm not sure that Windows
ME working with Ethereal is all that much of a priority. Still, if I
don't ask for that, surely it will not happen. ;-)
I just thought that you might benefit from the information in this
email.
Catch you later, Scott