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Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] rpcap protocol

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:42:18 +0200
Jeroen . wrote:

>
> Hi All,
> i am recently looking at the rpcap implementation in winpcap and the
> possibility of
> using ethereal as a remote sniffer tool.
>
> It seems that the rpcap support in the latest version is broken, is
> there any effor at this moment
> of fixing that ?
> It could be argued that the problem should be solved in the winpcap
> source, but windump works like a dream, so it is possible to solve it
> outside the driver. I believe the driver development has sloved down a
> bit so (temporarily) solving it outside the driver could be an option.
>
> The latest postings that i found were from way back, so i hope nobody
> minds me asking.
>
See http://wiki.ethereal.com/CaptureSetup_2fWinPcapRemote

Regards, ULFL