Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal on Windows XP

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:56:54 -0800
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:31:35PM -0800, Thomas Wagner wrote:
> Has anyone had success getting Ethereal 0.9.8 working under Windows XP?
> I've installed the latest WinPcap (3.0).
>  
> The problem seems to be specifying the Interface. I've tried several
> numeric ports as well as the description of the Network card (e.g., 3Com
> 3C918 integrated...). 
>  
> The error message indicates;
> " The capture session could not be initiated  (Error opening adapter:
> Overlapped I/O operation is in progress.). 

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.11

Note the Windows issues - in particular, note that WinPcap *does not
work* on SMP machines, *and* that a machine with a multi-threaded
processor is an SMP machine as far as software running on the machine is
concerned.