Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] mistake Ethereal and WinPcap on WIndows XP

["Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>]

Georges Couture said:
> Problem : I clic on Capture/Start, turn off "Captured packets in
> promiscuous mode" (I read your FAQs !), and clic on OK, and ... nothing
> appeared in the window "Ethereal Network Analyzer".
>
> I respond below the questions in order to carry the information you
> attempt :
>   a.. the operating system you're using, and the version of that
> operating system;
> Windows XP Family Edition V 5.1
> ethereal 0.10.3
> WinPcap_3_0
>   a.. the type of network device you're using.
> I have no internal network. I have just a ADSL modem.

If the ADSL modem is using PPP-over-Ethernet or PPP-over-ATM, that won't
work; WinPcap 3.0 doesn't support capturing on PPP interfaces.  The
WinPcap 3.1 beta might work, however.