Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal not work in PPP link in win2k pro

[<martin.regner@xxxxxxxxx>]

Victor Lee wrote
> I would like to confirm if ethereal with winpcap 2.3 really works
>in PPP link (for example, dial-up link) under win2k professional. I
>found when I start the ethereal to capture the packets in the WAN
>PPP link, the capture didn't successful and in addition I could not
>even launch any suceesful applications through the WAN link (with
>the ethereal still in open) (However, the WAN PPP link is working
>fine when no ethereal is being launched!!)

PPP support is disabled in WinPcap 3.0 and not working so good on WinPcap 2.3.
http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.16

There is a work-around that might work (on Win 2000 at least).
Install NdisWanBh and capture using that device.

http://winpcap.polito.it/misc/dialup.htm