Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Trouble doing IrDA sniffing with wireshark

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 15, 2008, at 5:14 PM, Benjamin.Bobich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Now that I’ve Updated to Wireshark version 1.0.0, it doesn’t support  
> my IrDA capture interface.  I only have two capture interfaces  
> instead of 3 like I used to.  I tried using the old patch that I had  
> for the Winpcap version 3.1 where I replaced the wpcap.dll, and this  
> does make it so the IrDA capture interface does appear for me…  
> however there is no packets when I capture.  I’m not filtering them  
> and I have the IRCOMM, IrLAP, and IrLMP checked to be captured.   
> I’ve verified with hyperterm that there is data being exchanged.
>
> Has anyone else had troubles getting the packets to be captured with  
> IrDA and wireshark?

This sounds as if it's a WinPcap issue; you should probably ask the  
WinPcap mailing list about it.