Ethereal-users: Re: [WinPcap-users] Re: [Ethereal-users] I got Ethereal to monitor dialup ports

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From: "Antoine de Maricourt" <antoine.de-maricourt@xxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 12:54:23 +0200
This works very well on windows XP (home edition)
In the dialup property window select 'install -> protocol -> add -> choose
network monitor.
I also had to change the interface to 'Device\Packet_NdisWanBh' in Ethereal
(NdisWanlp did
not work).

Very worthfull information.
Thanks.

    Antoine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Guy Harris" <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Soni Reynolds" <soni_r@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <winpcap-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 7:46 AM
Subject: [WinPcap-users] Re: [Ethereal-users] I got Ethereal to monitor
dialup ports on Window 2000 systems


> On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:49:23PM -0700, Soni Reynolds wrote:
> > I got Ethereal to monitor dialup ports on Window 2000 systems. After you
> > install Ethereal and WinPcap go to Settings --> Control Panel  -->
Network
> > and Dialup Connections. Right click on your dialup connection select
> > properties, select Networking, Select Install. Install Network Monitor.
Exit
> > and reboot. When you start Ethereal to capture select the option
> > \Device\Packet_NdisWanBh.
> >
> > Can you please add this information to your site?
>
> More correctly, you got *WinPcap* to *capture packets on* dialup ports
> on Windows 2000 systems - the stuff you did wasn't at all
> Ethereal-related, and this isn't specific to Ethereal, it should apply
> to *any* program using WinPcap.
>
> As such, I'm passing this on to "winpcap-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; if
> can be made to work in general, this should probably go up on the FAQ on
> the WinPcap site, for the benefit of users of programs *other* than
> Ethereal, and the Ethereal FAQ (and the WinDump FAQ?) should link to it.
>
> (It doesn't work for people who don't have Network Monitor to install,
> of course.  It might, however, work for other versions of NT, such as NT
> 4.0, and perhaps NT 5.1, i.e. Windows XP and/or Windows .NET Server,
> although XP might not include Network Monitor.)