[Winpcap-users] Using Winpcap

Subrahmanyam (Arun) arunperi at gmail.com
Tue Oct 7 15:07:56 GMT 2008


Thank you very much GV for the help.

On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Gianluca Varenni <
gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com> wrote:

>  That is for windows 9x. You need to compile the version under packetntx
> for windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008.
>
> GV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Subrahmanyam (Arun) <arunperi at gmail.com>
> *To:* winpcap-users at winpcap.org
> *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2008 9:09 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Winpcap-users] Using Winpcap
>
> Thank you very much for the response.
>
> I am using Packet32.c file(which is part of Packet9x DLL). In that file the
> execution flow comes to function "PacketGetAdapterNames" where it checks for
> certain registry entries,
>
>
> Status=RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,"SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Services\\class\\net",0,KEY_READ,&Key);
>
> here it fails, I've no such entries in my registry either.
>
> However I found another version of the same file which looks for:
>
> Status = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
>
> TEXT("SYSTEM\\ControlSet001\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}"),
>                                                    0, KEY_READ, &AdapKey);
>
> but as the execution flow comes down to other functions RegEnumKey fails
> and it too returns FALSE,
>
> I guess I'm missing something crucial,
> Thanks,
> Subbu.
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:19 PM, Gianluca Varenni <
> gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com> wrote:
>
>>  Which DLLs did you compile?
>>
>> There is just one version of wpcap.dll, but there are multiple versions of
>> packet.dll, depending on the OS you are running on. Apart from that, there
>> is no difference (apart from the fact that the DLLs we provide are
>> authenticode signed). during our build process, we compile the official DLLs
>> and at the same time we create the ZIP with the official sources.
>>
>> Which OS are you running on?
>>
>> Have a nice day
>> GV
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Subrahmanyam (Arun) <arunperi at gmail.com>
>> *To:* winpcap-users at winpcap.org
>>   *Sent:* Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:13 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [Winpcap-users] Using Winpcap
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sorry for the discrepancy in my earlier mail.
>>
>> Firstly, I used the developers pack and could detect my network devices.
>>
>> Then I downloaded the source code of winpcap from
>> http://www.winpcap.org/devel.htm, i.e Download WinPcap 4.0.2 Source Code<http://www.winpcap.org/install/bin/WpcapSrc_4_0_2.zip>which is the latest version. I compiled the code and from these DLL's I'm
>> unable to detect any of the network devices.
>>
>> It fails in "PacketGetAdapterNames" which actually looks for a registry
>> entry. But I'm surpised how the binaries are working, is there any
>> difference between the installer and the binaries I built.
>>
>> I have WinPCap installed also.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Subbu.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Gianluca Varenni <
>> gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  The developer's pack doesn't contain the sources of WinPcap. It's a
>>> developer's pack to create WinPcap based applications.
>>> In order to use WinPcap, you always need to install it on the target
>>> machine with the installer, you cannot just use the developer's pack and
>>> copy the DLLs.
>>>
>>> Let me know if this answers your question.
>>>
>>> Have a nice day
>>> GV
>>>
>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* Subrahmanyam (Arun) <arunperi at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* winpcap-users at winpcap.org
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:40 AM
>>> *Subject:* [Winpcap-users] Using Winpcap
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I've downloaded winpcap source code( Download WinPcap 4.0.2 Developer's
>>> Pack ) <http://install/bin/WpdPack_4_0_2.zip>
>>>
>>> In a sample application when I use winpcap dll's (Packet.dll,
>>> WanPacket.dll, wpcap.dll) I am able to detect the network adapters.
>>>
>>> But with the downloaded and the latest source code I am unable to detect
>>> the n/w adapters with the message
>>> "Error in pcap_findalldevs: PacketGetAdapterNames: The operation
>>> completed successfully. (0)"
>>>
>>> Can anyone please suggest where I'm going wrong.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Subbu.
>>>
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