[Winpcap-users] Query Regarding WinPcap 4.0.2.

Fri Nov 21 13:51:42 GMT 2008

Hi GV,

Thanks for the information. I have identified other dll's which comes with the winpcap.

I have some concerns with the winpcap installation. Basically i don't want to install the winpcap dll's with the winpcap installer , I will extract WinPcap DLLs from each OS flavours in our R n D machines, and i want to bundle these DLL files with my application. during the time of my application installation. I will identify the OS and copy the related drivers and DLLs. I am able to copy Drivers and DLL to the correct location and am able to load winpcap dlls from my application dll. But the problem here is from the interfaces i am able to get the Device Count as 0 (Means Interface is not returning Correct Value, Basically interface is failing) and i have added the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NPF key to the registry too , still the device count returning 0 (may be the winpacp dll's not able to get the Driver details correctly).

Instead of manually copying all the DLLs, if i install winpcap dll's through the winpcap installer it is working 100 % fine.(able to get the device count which is available in the same machine)

Basically i want to know if there are any other steps that i have to take care so that it will be in sync as doing with winpcap installer.

Please Help me in this concern.

Thanks,
Naveen

From: gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com
To: winpcap-users at winpcap.org
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Query Regarding WinPcap 4.0.2.
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:15:51 -0800

So you want to have WinPcap (4.0.2) installed on 
your machine, but then you want to keep wpcap.dll into your application folder, 
also. Right?

Please consider that WinPcap is not just 
wpcap.dll, it uses at least one other DLL, packet.dll (and packet.dll depends on 
the specific version of Windows that you are running).

Have a nice day
GV

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Naveen 
  Kumar R 
  To: winpcap_users ORG 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 4:26 
  AM
  Subject: RE: [Winpcap-users] Query 
  Regarding WinPcap 4.0.2.

Hi GV,

Thanks for your detail 
  Information.

I want to copy wpcap.dll other than sysWOW64 
  because i dont want to copy the dll to the system directories.i want to 
  retain the 3rdparty dll in my application directory.

previous 
  version of Wpcap.dll (3.0.0.18) is alaways available in my Application 
  directory(C:\MyAPP\APPDLL\wpcap.dll), i am able to load the same with the 
  loadlibrary("C:\MyAPP\APPDLL\wpcap.dll)") API. if i replace the 
  newer dll (wpcap.dll of version 4.0.2), my application dll wont load this 
  version of DLL. that's the reason i asked the newer version is 
  having any new caveats that it should always available in the syswow64 
  Directory. 

Regarding npf.sys you had suggested that it should 
  always present in the c:\windows\system32\drivers, so i will use the 
  same location to copy the npf.sys driver.

with your 
  inputs, i will drop the use of silent installation. IF you have 
  any concern please let me know.

Thanks,
Naveen 

From: gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com
To: 
  winpcap-users at winpcap.org
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Query Regarding 
  WinPcap 4.0.2.
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:41:09 -0800

  First of all, a bit of clarification on how the 
  "system32" folder works on 64bit systems.

  Physically, on a 64bit system, the core dlls are 
  stored into two folders:
  - c:\windows\system32 contains the 64bit version 
  of the core DLLs.
  - c:\windows\sysWOW64 contains the 32bit version 
  of the same core DLLs.

  The drivers always reside under 
  c:\windows\system32\drivers, because on a 64bit machine all the kernel mode 
  drivers should be 64bit.

  When a 32bit application runs on a 64bit system, 
  the OS uses a file system redirector, so that all the requests (done by the 
  32bit application) to a file in c:\windows\system32 get redirected to 
  c:\windows\sysWOW64

  Going back to WinPcap (4.0.2), on a 64 bit 
  system npf.sys resides in c:\windows\system32\drivers (because it's a 64bit 
  driver) and all the user mode DLLs reside in c:\windows\sysWOW64 (since they 
  are 32bit DLLs). 

  I don't know exactly why you want to move 
  wpcap.dll to another folder, but it should definitely work with these 
  caveats:
  - you CANNOT copy wpcap.dll into 
  c:\windows\system32, where the 64bit OS DLLs are located. Your 
  application will never be able to access that folder because it's hidden by 
  the FS redirector (this is not 100% true, as there is a way to disable the FS 
  redirector)
  - if you try to load wpcap.dll located in 
  c:\windows\sysWOW64 (i.e. the default install location), you need to do 
  LoadLibrary("C:\\windows\\system32\\wpcap.dll", 0). 

  Regarding npf.sys, that file should always 
  reside in c:\windows\system32\drivers

  Regarding a silent version of the installer, for 
  a number of reasons this option is not available.

  Have a nice day
  GV

  ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: 
    naveen 
    kumar 
    To: winpcap-users at winpcap.org 
    Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:45 
    AM
    Subject: [Winpcap-users] Query 
    Regarding WinPcap 4.0.2.

Hi All,

I have a query regarding the winpcap 
    4.0.2. my application is using for pocket capturing using winpcap and 
    nps.sys driver. Previously I was using the winpcap 3.0.0.18 in my 
    application it was working fine for me for both windows 2000 and windows 
    2003 32 bit OS. 

I want to support my application on windows server 
    2003 64 bit OS and windows vista , so i used the winpcap latest version 
    4.0.2 with my application.

My application dll uses the load library 
    windows api to load the wpcap.dll. If i copy this wpcap.dll to the sysWOW64 
    directory my dll will perfectly load the wpcap.dll and it will also load the 
    npf.sys from system32\drivers directory and rest of the things work fine. 
    but my application dll is failing to load the 4.0.2 wpcap.dll, if i copy the 
    dll to directory other than system32 in the 64 bit OS of windows server 
    2003, even though i am giving the absolute path of the location to load 
    wpcap.dll in loadlibrary API. 

if i use the wpcap.dll of version 
    3.0.0.18 in location other than sysWOW64 my Application dll loads the 
    wpcap.dll, but it fails to load the npf.sys driver from the same location 
    where dll is present. 

My query is wheather the latest wpcap.dll and 
    npf.sys should always available in the sysWOW64 and system32\drivers 
    directory for the 64 bit windows 2003?

One more Query 
is it 
    possible to run the Winpcap installation as a silent installation? 

If you have any concerns please let me know. Thanks in 
    advance.

Regards,
Naveen

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