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<div> <font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I recently installed Win 7 on a new laptop and am having trouble running Wireshark in promiscuous mode using WinPCap. The NIC is Atheros AR9285 which I thought was supported. Originally I was using the default Microsoft drivers for the card after installing windows 7. I installed Wireshark / WinPCap but could not capture in promiscuous mode. I then installed the Atheros drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled Wireshark / WinPCap but still no luck. Now when I start Wireshark in promiscuous mode to capture, it says "The capture session could not be initialed. Failed to set device to promiscuous mode. Please check that the device /device/npf_{...} is the proper interface".<br>
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Does anyone know what the problem might be? does it have to do with the fact I had installed wireshark / winpcap before installing the Atheros drivers? Is the Atheros AR9285 not supported in WinPCap 4.1.1? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I've tried uninstalling / reinstalling winpcap and wireshark. I've restarted computer several times. Tried running 'net stop npf' 'net start npf' as administrator, etc. but no luck yet.<br>
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