goppit + schrieb:
FAO:Lars Roland
Firstoff thankyou for this excellent software. However I am having
persistent startup problems with version 10.8.0 of ethereal in Win98.
I have Win98SE installed on my home desktop with a USB ADSL modem. I
have installed WinPcap_3_1_beta4 followed by ethereal 0.10.8 and
intitially I got a fault each time I started ethereal at the
"registering dissectors" stage.
Having read your previous posts I have uninstalled this and installed
ethereal 0.10.8-SVN-13003. This allows ethereal to start however now the
system hangs and reboots when I bring up the interface dialogbox or the
capture screen and try to select the ADSL modem as the interface.
I guess it is either a winpcap or a driver problem. I can capture
without any problems on my 100bT ethernet card.
Deselecting promiscuous mode might help in your case, as it is unusual
to use it on a ppp device like an ADSL modem.
You could also try to use WinPcap 3.0. It might work better than 3.1
beta4 in your case.
There are only 3 interfaces listed:
PPP Adapter.: PPPMAC
Microsoft Tv/Video connection: NdisIP
USB ADSL Driver: GWAUSB98
Running "windump-D" from command prompt also lists these adapters and is
an indication that WinPcap is detecting the hardware correctly.
On my XPSP2 laptop, ethereal runs like clockwork with the broadband
modem and I note there are different options listed in the interfaces
box. "Generic NdisWan adapter" seems to work perfectly satisfactorily by
default.
So it works on WinXP. Then I recommend using WinXP. Im my experience
capturing with (t)ethereal is much more stable on Win2K or later than on
Win9x or WinNT.
Regards,
Lars