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Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Re: Wireless Connection works only with Ethereal

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 16:22:44 -0700
Anshuman Aggarwal wrote:

But re-installing Winpcap and then using Ethereal
works again. Does anyone know what Ethereal does with
Winpcap besides starting the driver?

pcap_open_live()

pcap_dispatch()

Nothing special - open the capture device, and capture packets from it.