[Winpcap-users] Windump problem - I don't see ANYTHING

[jedimaster024-windump at yahoo.com]

I thought I had looked and determined that my card was one of the supported
ones, but now I'm not so certain.  I guess there's lots of Orinoco cards out
there (?)  

In response to your question, here is the output of windump -D on a Windows2K
box with my Orinoco plugged in.  
(The Win2K is a very old box, I am using this now but usually don't use it when
I try to packet sniff; if the windump -D output would be different if I did it
under XP with the same card plugged in?)  

c:> WinDump -D 
1.\Device\NPF_GenericDialupAdapter (Generic dialup adapter)
2.\Device\NPF_{57B30D02-EED3-49AD-A49F-7C443C3B6661} (ORiNOCO 802.11bg
ComboCard Gold)
3.\Device\NPF_{282E40F1-2EBB-4A62-BA38-2A3CDCEB7ACA} (Intel(R) PRO Adapter)

I have another card that is usable, when I plug that one in also, the windump
-D output is (also on the Win2K box...) 
c:\> windump -D
1.\Device\NPF_GenericDialupAdapter (Generic dialup adapter)
2.\Device\NPF_{26E4D579-E36A-49C1-903C-BABB091585CC} (IEEE 802.11 Wireless
LAN/PC Card(5V))
3.\Device\NPF_{57B30D02-EED3-49AD-A49F-7C443C3B6661} (ORiNOCO 802.11bg
ComboCard Gold)
4.\Device\NPF_{282E40F1-2EBB-4A62-BA38-2A3CDCEB7ACA} (Intel(R) PRO Adapter)

Can you tell the make/model/specifics of the card from this?  
I was given the card as an add-on to another purchase, it doesn't have the
external antenna connector that the orinoco does, but if it's usable, by all
means I'll use it instead.  

I hope you're right and I was just using an unsupported card. (?) 

Mark


--- Loris Degioanni <loris.degioanni at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can you tell us the command line you are using, and the output of 
> "Windump -D" (with capital D)?
> 
> Loris
> 
> 
> jedimaster024-windump at yahoo.com wrote:
> > I don't see this addressed in the FAQ and couldn't find anything about it
> > already posted.  
> > 
> > I installed the most recent versions of Windump and libpcap on Windows XP. 
> 
> > However, when I try to sniff packets, Windump doesn't "see"/capture any.  
> > When I stop WinDump, it says 0 packets ___, 0 packets ____, 0 packets ___. 
> 
> > 
> > This behavior is stable regardless of which network interface card I use
> > (I've tried it on three), when there is no encryption on my WLAN, and
> across
> > laptops.  I just don't see anything... even though I know traffic is flying
> > across the net... (on an unencrypted WLAN...) 
> > 
> > Do you know what the problem could be?  My builtin card is an Aethros and
> > I've tried to get it to work with a Proxim Orinoco gold and others.  I
> thought I saw that these were supported.  
> > 
> > What am I missing?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mark
> > 
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Mark Rendina
Mark at Rendina.net