Re: Npcap 0.04 call for test

[Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>]

Hi Yang,

like Jim, I confirm that this version is working fine both on my Windows 10
guest and host OS.

Cheers,
Pascal.

2015-08-18 18:22 GMT+02:00 Jim Young <jyoung () gsu edu>:

> Hello Yang,
>
>
> With Npcap 0.04-r3 the Npcap Loopback Adapter is again visible and usable
> as a sniffable interface to Wireshark. [image: 😊]
>
>
> I hope to do more extensive testing later today or tomorrow (especially
> regarding throughput and packet drops).
>
>
> I have a question regarding the encapsulation type for packets captured on
> the Npcap Loopback Adapter.
>
>
> Instead of supplying an ethernet header with the mac addresses of all
> zeros, would it make more sense to supply a NULL/Loopback
> encapsulation type to packets captured in the Npcap LoopBack Interface?
>
>
> I've attached two small 4 packet traces.  One is taken on a Windows 8.1
> system with the Npcap adapter.  This file has an encapsulation type of
> ethernet with an ethernet header with all zero mac addresses.  The second
> trace was taken on an OS X 10.10.4 system with a NULL/Loopback
> encapsulation type.  For some fun take a look at Wireshark's
> epan/dissectors/packet-null.c for some interesting comments about the magic
> associated with loopback encapsulation detection.
>
> Take care,
>
> Jim Y.
>
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> *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Npcap 0.04 call for test
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> The log points to the same issue with Pascal, and please try the latest
> installer at:
> https://svn.nmap.org/nmap-exp/yang/NPcap-LWF/npcap-nmap-0.04-r3.exe
>
> Cheers,
> Yang
>
> >
>
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