Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal making LAN connection to "hang"

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:45:08 -0800
On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 06:38:04PM +0100, MAGNUS JOHANSSON wrote:
> A problem occurs when I try to use Ethereal on a Win2000 laptop.  When
> I am trying to capture traffic from sending and receiving mail from
> outlook express the connection to the mail server is blocked by
> ethereal.

Are you trying to capture on any form of PPP interface, including, for
example, a PPPoE session on your LAN?  If so:

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.15

In any case, this is almost certainly a WinPcap problem.  Try it when
capturing with WinDump and, if the same problem happens and there isn't
any PPP interface involved, report the problem to the WinPcap
developers:

	http://winpcap.polito.it/contact.htm