[Winpcap-users] winpcap device list "emtpy"

[Gianluca Varenni]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Marschalkowski" <grinch at itg-em.de>
To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:53 PM
Subject: AW: [Winpcap-users] winpcap device list "emtpy"


> No, first I did a reinstall of 3.1, changed nothing. Then I installed 
> 4.0b2,
> the name of the generic dialup adapter changed, but still no other devices
> listed.
> I don't get any error messages, neither on installation or deinstallation
> nor when I run my program or WinDump, they just don't list the devices.
>
> I've just checked the antivirus log, but no virus found since installation
> (4 months ago). ATM winpcap3.1 is installed and a very deep virus scan is
> running with logging set to high, but this could take a while ;)
> AntiVirus Software installed is VirusScan Enterprise 8.0.0 (McAfee).
>
> Is there any registry value or something that pcap checks to filter the
> device list?

No.

Please try this:

1. open a command prompt
2. type "net start npf". It should tell you than the netgroup packet filter 
is either running or has been started.

Then, please send a bug report as explained here:

http://www.winpcap.org/bugs.htm

Please use WinPcap 4.0beta2 for the bug report, as the logs are much more 
complete.

Have a nice day
GV


>
> Greets
> Michael
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org
> [mailto:winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org] Im Auftrag von Gianluca Varenni
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. November 2006 17:25
> An: winpcap-users at winpcap.org
> Betreff: Re: [Winpcap-users] winpcap device list "emtpy"
>
> Did the reinstallation fix the problem?
>
> If so, it's definitely possible that some update or some
> antivirus/malware/... software decided that the winpcap driver (npf.sys) 
> was
> bad and removed it.
>
> Have a nice day
> GV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Marschalkowski" <grinch at itg-em.de>
> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:53 AM
> Subject: [Winpcap-users] winpcap device list "emtpy"
>
>
>> Hi,
>> this is my first post on this mailinglist and I guess/hope it's only a
>> little problem to solve.
>>
>> I've written a little program that monitors a Windows 2003 EE SP1 
>> (traffic
>> accounting). The server has 2 real network cards and 1 TAP device
>> (OpenVPN).
>>
>> But since Nov 24 it does not list those devices (retrieved by
>> pcap_findalldevs). The only device listed is the "generic dialup adapter"
>> (winpcap 3.1) or "Adapter for generic dialup and VPN capture" (4.0b2).
>>
>> WinDump -D also only lists this device, so I think this is not a problem
>> with my program but something is wrong with winpcap.
>>
>> I'm not Adminstrator of this machine (but I do have Administrator rights,
>> so
>> that's not the problem :)), so I can't really tell what was done. The
>> person
>> responsible for this server only told me, that he did some (all?) updates
>> and since then the program refused to start. He gave me a little list 
>> with
>> the installed updates, maybe that is useful to you:
>>
>> KB922582
>> KB920213
>> KB922819
>> KB923191
>> KB923414
>> KB923980
>> KB924191
>> KB917537
>> KB920685
>>
>> Before those updates winpcap worked fine and listed all devices.
>>
>> What I've done for now is reinstalling WinPcap 3.1 and installing WinPcap
>> 4.0b2. The network cards are running and IPs are configured (I'm 
>> accessing
>> the server via RDP).
>>
>> Any ideas? What went wrong or better, how do I fix it ;)
>>
>> If you need more information, let me know.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> best regards
>> Michael
>>
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