Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Where to find the device interface

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:49:53 -0700
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 04:01:44PM +0100, Richard Urwin wrote:
> The longer answer is that it is strongly related to the registry keys
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\1\ServiceName
> and 
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards\1\Descripton

Well, maybe in some versions.

>From looking at the source, it appears that WinPcap 3.0 alpha's
"PacketGetAdapterNames()" routine actually uses the key

	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"),

(which I suspect is a key for TCP/IP) and looks at stuff under there, on
Windows NT (NT 4.0, NT 5.0 a/k/a "Windows 2000", NT 5.1 a/k/a "Windows
XP" or "Windows .NET Server"), and does other stuff on Windows OT (95,
98, Me).