Starting from Winpcap 2.3, packet.sys has been renamed to npf.sys. However this is completely transparent to applications.
To test if WinPcap is properly installed, try Windump (http://windump.polito.it, be careful to download the proper one, as there is a version for WinPcap 3.0 alpha and one for WinPcap 2.3). Use "windump -D" (D capital letter!) to obtain a list of adapters. If windump works, it's not a winpcap issue. GV ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:09 AM Subject: [WinPcap-users] Which file is the packet driver? > Which file is called the packet driver? I'm trying to get Triangle Boy, > obtained from http://www.SafeWeb.com/tboy_voa/tboyinstallerWin.exe/, running. > I think the Triangle-Boy installation package is supposed to include the > installation of WinPcap as well. But after installing Triangle Boy and > looking into my computer's application log (recent history), I found the > message "packet driver not installed." Neither packet.sys nor packet.dll > were found on my computer. So I uninstalled the Triangle-Boy package and > then reinstalled it on my computer. Next I installed WinPcap 3.0 alpha, > obtained from http://WinPcap.Polito.it/, on my computer. Then I found the > file packet.dll in C:\WINDOWS\system32, but the file packet.sys nowhere on my > computer's hard drive. Then trying to run Triangle Boy I found the same > error "packet driver not installed." From the following text within the > description section of http://WinPcap.Polito.it/ I have the impression that > the driver file is a file different from packet.dll: > > "WinPcap is an architecture for packet capture and network analysis for the > Win32 platforms. It includes a kernel-level packet filter, a low-level > dynamic link library (packet.dll), and a high-level and system-independent > library (wpcap.dll, based on libpcap version 0.6.2). > > The packet filter is a device driver..." > > Is my thinking correct? (The following covers my further questions for both > the yes and no possible answers to this question.) If so, what is the name > of the packet driver file and why didn't my computer recognize that this file > had been installed on my computer after I installed WinPcap 3.0 alpha on my > computer? But if not and packet.dll is the driver file, why does my > computer inform me that the packet driver has not been installed on my > computer, even though I found packet.dll on my computer? > > The basic questions here involving WinPcap are for WinPcap users. But if > anyone has had experience with Triangle Boy and can tell me how to get it > fully working, I would, of course, appreciate that knowledge and/or wisdom. > > Sorry, if my questions trouble anyone; but thanks in advance for your help. > > Pat, using the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > P.S.: I can receive e-mail using the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] at least > through September 18, 2002. > > > > > > > > > ================================================================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe > ================================================================== > ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe ==================================================================
