On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:25:17AM -0000, Lee Bailey wrote:
> I have the latest version of Ethereal and Wincap installed on a WinXP
> PC to diagnose a ppp dial-up problem (dial-up only, problem doesn't
> occur when LAN connected). The list of adapters that Ethereal finds
> does shows a PPP adapter for POTS dial-in. When I dial-in and start
> capturing, applications on the PC don't work. For instance, if I try and
> ping the LAN or vice-versa, the pings fail but the capture log shows the
> attempt. It is as if ethereal is blocking the packets. Forgive me, as I
> haven't used ethereal before. I did see something in the FAQ that
> suggested that this might not work on XP but I just want to clarify.
Well, yes, it's in the FAQ because it can happen. Does that clarify it
sufficiently?
If you want to capture on that device, ask the WinPcap developers about
it:
http://winpcap.polito.it/contact.htm
as it's a WinPcap issue.