["Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it an NDIS 6.x driver?

Have a nice day
GV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao" <swzhao@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <winpcap-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] how Wireshark get linktype?


> No it's not airpcap. But they don't want us to disclose their name yet :)
> I have the driver source code and it does return media type as
> NdisMedium802_11_Radio if it receives an OID as I mentioned earlier.
> But the driver never sees a request for those OIDs.
>
> In Wireshark I also tried to add code to send OIDs request to the
> driver, using wpcap_packet_request(). If I define a new OID on both
> side, it works fine. However, when I send an OID of
> OID_GEN_MEDIA_SUPPORTED or OID_GEN_MEDIA_IN_USE, the driver never sees
> this OID. It's lost somewhere? I still cannot figure out....
>
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Gianluca
> Varenni<gianluca.varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Windows/WinPcap the only devices that support any of the wireless DLTs
> > (DLT_IEEE802_11, DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO or eventually DLT_PPI) are the 
> > AirPcap
> > adapters.
> >
> > Are you using an AirPcap adapter?
> >
> > Have a nice day
> > GV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao" <swzhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> > <winpcap-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:41 PM
> > Subject: [Winpcap-users] how Wireshark get linktype?
> >
> >
> > > I'm using Wireshark 1.0.4 with a WiFi device. When I select the device
> > > in capture options panel, I cannot get the expected linktype
> > > DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO.
> > > I know the device driver is in monitor mode and it works if I manually
> > > add a DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO type there and choose it.
> > > But how does Wireshark/winpcap get the default type, via a OID request
> > > OID_GEN_MEDIA_SUPPORTED or OID_GEN_MEDIA_IN_USE?
> > > I believe the driver does have support on these two OIDs.
> > >
> > > Is this a known problem or is there sth not compatible between my
> > > driver and Wireshark/winpcap? I know Wireshark calls pcap_datalink()
> > > to retrieve the media type.
> > >
> > > Many thanks,
> > > Joshua
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