On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 08:27:27PM +0000, zaheer ahmed wrote (in HTML -
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> i want to capture packets on dial up modem, i have installed winpcap
> 3.01-alpha and network monitor. now what should i do
You should un-install WinPcap 3.01-alpha and install WinPcap 3.1 beta.
Earlier versions of WinPcap don't support capturing on PPP interfaces
(such as dial-up modems) very well.
> 1. is it necessary to install Ethereal,
No - you can also use WinDump:
http://windump.polito.it/
(a command-line tool - it's tcpdump, ported to Windows by the people who
did WinPcap), or Analyzer:
http://analyzer.polito.it/
(a GUI-based network analyzer, also from the people who did WinPcap), or
Packetyzer:
http://www.networkchemistry.com/products/packetyzer/
(a Windows GUI-based analyzer whose packet analysis code is that of
Ethereal).
Also, if you've installed Network Monitor, that might also let you
capture traffic (it doesn't use WinPcap).
> if yes then how and from where can i download.
See the links above for the other tools; for Ethereal see
http://www.ethereal.com/distribution/win32/
for the Windows version.
> 2. if without Ethereal i can capture and sniff packets on dial up
> modem then how can i?
See above for some other tools that also work with WinPcap.
