I think GV answered about WinPcap and SMP machines. something having to do with the fact that they don't have any biproc machine to make some tests...:o)))
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaco de Wet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: RE: [WinPcap-users] NPF Service fails to start > Thanks for your response. It prompted me to check the number of CPU's > again. > > And you're right, it is a multi-cpu machine. Now where did that extra > CPU come from :-) > > A suggestion for the WinPcap developers: maybe it would be a good idea > to display an error message clearly stating that SMP is the problem when > one tries to start the NPF service on an SMP machine? > > Marian, have you find any alternative packet capture libraries to use on > an SMP machine ? > > Thanks ! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marian Adelin STOICESCU [mailto:marian@;wsc.ro] > Sent: 06 November 2002 06:50 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [WinPcap-users] NPF Service fails to start > > > u have i think a SMP machine > u have more then 1 processor .. so leave for the moment the ideea to > work > with winpacp ..just like me ! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jaco de Wet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 10:19 PM > Subject: [WinPcap-users] NPF Service fails to start > > > Hi, > > I have attempted to install/run WinPcap & Ethereal on a server, but it > does not report any network cards back. > > I have installed WinPcap 3.0 Alpha 2 and Ethereal(0.9.6) on the server. > There was no previous versions of WinPcap on the server. After starting > Ethereal I noticed that there was no network devices listed. > > I opened up a command prompt and tried to manually start the NPF service > using npf_mgm -s > This returns the following error message: > > Error Starting Service NPF:%1 is not a valid Win32 application > > Thereafter I rebooted the server and tried manually starting the NPF > service again, but it still did not work. I can happily > install/uninstall the NPF service using npf_mgm, but I cannot start the > NPF service. > > Is this a known problem ? I get the impression that a few similar issues > have been logged recently: > > Problem with detecting adapters <msg00767.html>, alex > Netgroup Packet Filter wont start <msg00764.html>, Anthony Clark > > > I have also just now tried this with the newest WinPcap 3.0 Alpha 4, > rebooting after installation of the new version. I still get the same > problem: the NPF service does not want to start. I have been logged in > as Administrator on the server. > > There is something else I also find puzzling - when I look in the > Service Control Panel for the NPF service, it is not listed, even though > I can attempt to start it from the command line at such time. > > The server spec is: > > Dell Poweredge 2650 (Single CPU P4 2.4 GHz) with Win2000 Server SP2 OS > and 2 x Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Cards > (on board the motherboard) > > Does anyone know of a workaround or possible solution for this problem ? > Is there anything else I can try ? I have installed and used WinPcap on > at least 5 other PC's/servers with no problems at all. > > Thanks for your assistance > > Regards > > Jaco de Wet > > > > ====================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/winpcap-users@;winpcap.polito.it/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe > ====================== > > > > ================================================================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/winpcap-users@;winpcap.polito.it/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe > ================================================================== > > > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/winpcap-users@;winpcap.polito.it/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body ================================================================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/winpcap-users@;winpcap.polito.it/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe ==================================================================
