[Winpcap-users] Installation Questions

[Gianluca Varenni]

Hi John.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Graham" <jgraham at gci.com>
To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:20 AM
Subject: RE: [Winpcap-users] Installation Questions


> Thank you for your reply.
>
> I looked at changelog.htm and figured that the installation program was
> looking for updates. NIS was probably blocking that, which is why the
> progress counter was stuck on 0%. I am surprised that NIS didn't prompt
> for permission for this access (but that's not your problem!)

Well, it's "normal" that NSIS doesn't ask before accessing the web (since it 
has not been programmed to do so), but...

>
> However, I recommend that the installer program (if possible) ask
> whether the user wants to check for a later version. That would at least
> warn the user that the program is going to perform some web accesses and
> I have not tested the installer on a machine that was not connected to
> the internet.

...it should not hang, in any case: there is a timeout of some seconds (5) 
to check on the internet. If the web request doesn't succeed within the 
timeout (for example because the machine is connected to a local network), 
it simply reverts to the normal "local" installation.

It seems a bug in the installer (or in NSIS). If it's ok for you, I can send 
you an instrumented version of the installer, so that I can track down the 
issue.

Have a nice day
GV




>
>
> John Graham
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org
> [mailto:winpcap-users-bounces at winpcap.org] On Behalf Of Loris Degioanni
> Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 2:13 PM
> To: winpcap-users at winpcap.org
> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Installation Questions
>
> John Graham wrote:
>
>> Running Windows XP SP2 + Norton Internet Security 2005.
>>
>> During installation of  winpcap 3.1, a NIS screen popped up asking
>> permissions for the installer to access a DNS server on the internet.
> I
>> gave it permission.
>>
>> The installation then hung with the installation progress screen at
> 0%.
>>
>> I tried to cancel the installation by stopping the process in task
>> manager but it would not stop. The only way to abort this installation
>
>> was to reboot the computer.
>>
>> After several tries to install the program (with the same results), I
>> backed out and installed winpcap 3.1beta4 that came with Ethereal.
> That
>> worked.
>>
>> I then removed the beta version.
>>
>> I stopped NIS and then tried to install winpcap3.1.   This time I was
>> successful.
>>
>>
>>
>> Why is this installation program accessing the internet and why isn't
>> this documented anywhere???
>>
>
> For both the questions: http://www.winpcap.org/misc/changelog.htm
>
> Are you available to help us debugging the problem?
>
> Loris
>
>
>>
>>  Respectfully,
>>
>> John Graham
>>
>>
>>
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