From daebc74d915b60234ee6971253df39b92b56ecf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Harris Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:22:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 2.1 isn't the current version of WinPcap; don't say what the current version is, as that's subject to change - just speak of the "latest non-beta version". Mention the mirrors for WinPcap and WinDump. svn path=/trunk/; revision=3956 --- README.win32 | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.win32 b/README.win32 index c94814799f..f963abb2e5 100644 --- a/README.win32 +++ b/README.win32 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.win32,v 1.24 2001/07/13 08:14:03 guy Exp $ +$Id: README.win32,v 1.25 2001/09/26 21:22:02 guy Exp $ Installing Ethereal, Tethereal, and Editcap on Win32 ==================================================== @@ -33,28 +33,38 @@ another product (e.g., a sniffer, firewall, or intrustion detection system) and did not wish to install WinPcap, the library Ethereal uses to capture packets on Win32 platforms. -Now that WinPcap 2.1 has been released as a DLL, Ethereal can -detect its presence at run time. Thus, only one version of -the Ethereal binaries need to be shipped. +As of WinPcap 2.1, all the WinPcap libraries have been released as DLLs. +This means that Ethereal can detect the presence of WinPcap at run time, +which means that only one version of the Ethereal binaries needs to be +shipped. If you don't want to capture packets, just install the Ethereal package. If you do want to capture packets, install Ethereal *and* -install WinPcap 2.1, available from: +install the latest non-beta version of WinPcap, available from: http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/winpcap/ -If you already have WinPcap 2.0 installed, you need to un-install -it and install WinPcap 2.1. If you use other applications -that use WinPcap 2.0, you will have to decide which applications -to keep, since WinPcap 2.0 and WinPcap 2.1 cannot be installed -on the same system at the same time. +and mirrored at -If Ethereal is not capturing packets and you have WinPcap installed, -you can test your WinPcap installation by installing WinDump -(TCPdump for Windows) ported by the same folks who make WinPcap. It's at: + http://www.wiretapped.net/security/packet-capture/winpcap/default.htm + +If you already have an earlier version of WinPcap installed, you need to +un-install it and install the latest version. If the older version is +WinPcap 2.0 or 2.02, and you have other applications that use the older +version , you will have to decide which applications to keep, since +WinPcap 2.0/2.02 and later versions cannot be installed on the same +system at the same time. + +If Ethereal is not capturing packets and you have WinPcap installed, you +can test your WinPcap installation by installing WinDump (tcpdump for +Windows) ported by the same folks who make WinPcap. It's at: http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/windump/ +and mirrored at + + http://www.wiretapped.net/security/packet-capture/windump/default.htm + They also make Analyzer, a GUI sniffer for Win32: http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/analyzer/ @@ -119,6 +129,9 @@ WinPcap home page: http://netgroup-serv.polito.it/winpcap/ +or the mirror site at + + http://www.wiretapped.net/security/packet-capture/winpcap/default.htm Compiling the Ethereal distribution from source ===============================================