Wireshark · Ethereal-users: [Ethereal-users] Re: Trying to understand why Ethereal has problems under XP

["Gianluca Varenni" <varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you tell me the exact date/time/dimension of packet.dll you are using?

Just a final consideration: only ONE packet.dll must be present in your
system, and MUST be located in \windows\system32\.

So, once you have understood which is the one working, move that to
windows\system32 and delete ALL the others.

GV



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jens Hektor" <hektor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Solis, Clement" <Clement.Solis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'Gianluca Varenni'" <varenni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Loris Degioanni"
<loris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Trying to understand why Ethereal has problems under XP


> Hi,
>
> stop. I got it working too.
>
> Solis, Clement wrote:
> > I have tried running tethereal -D.   although I select to install
> > tethereal I can fin no reference to it in the installed programs.
> > Funny!  I then went back into ethereal to see if I could access
> > tethereal from somewhere in there, and the adapters are now present.  I
> > have not reinstalled ethereal or done anything to change the config of
> > my machine.   I don't understand but it does now seem to be working OK.
>
> Funny.
>
> Having had a closer look on my machine and also on the "versioning
problem"
> I see the following:
>
> a) packet.dll is found in \WIndowsSystem32, the Ethereal Directory
>     & the windump Directory. The one in the windump dir is smaller.
> b) packet.vxd is found in \Windows\System32 & the Ethereal Directory
>
>
> Remembering that Loris once sent me a special version of packet.dll
> and copying it to the etheral directory solved the problem.
> The version that Loris sent me was only 32kB instead of 36kb
> as the others.
>
> Good god, I would prefer dll-names like those for the
> shared objects in unix, containing version numbers.
>
> Sorry for all the trouble I made and thank you all very much for
> the time you spent in helping me.
>
> Bye, Jens
>
> --
> Jens Hektor, RWTH Aachen, Rechenzentrum, Seffenter Weg 23, 52074 Aachen
> Computing Center Technical University Aachen, network operation & security
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>
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