[Winpcap-users] Winpcap blocking Internet Connection

Gianluca Varenni gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com
Wed Apr 12 05:09:03 GMT 2006


Are you using any sort of personal firewall that can cause such a weird 
behavior?

Have a nice day
GV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anshuman Aggarwal" <anshuman at brillgene.com>
To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Winpcap blocking Internet Connection


>
> GV,
> Thanks for your suggestions....I had attempted both of these (uninstalling
> netmon and Winpcap) ....however this is complicated by one other aspect...
>
> My net connection has worked before with WinPcap .... I am not sure what
> caused this change that has made it stop working...
>
> IS IT possible that WinPcap is providing some function when it is running
> which the TCPIP stack (possibly corrupted is no longer doing?)
>
> Everything works fine once Ethereal is running
>
> ALSO, one interesting note...sometimes the ethernet connection works if it 
> is
> connected at startup even without the Ethereal running
>
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
> Thanks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com>
> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 07:06:08 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Winpcap blocking Internet Connection
>
>> Uhm, WinPcap does not require any manual installation/uninstallation.
>> Basically, if the NPF driver is not running, it does *not* affect the
>> normal
>> networking operation. So uninstalling WinPcap (with the normal
>> uninstallation process) is the way to go.
>>
>> The only weird relation I might think of is Microsoft Network Monitor (MS
>> NetMon) used to capture from dialup/VPN. WinPcap enables it during
>> installation, but doesn't disable it during the uninstallation.
>>
>> Please try this:
>> 1. uninstall winpcap
>> 2. go to control panel, network connections, choose the wired (or 
>> wireless)
>> network connection, properties
>> 3. Go to the general tab, choose "Network Monitor Driver" from the list 
>> and
>> hit "Uninstall".
>>
>> Tell me if it works or not.
>>
>> Hope it helps
>> GV
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Anshuman Aggarwal" <anshuman at brillgene.com>
>> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 6:46 PM
>> Subject: [Winpcap-users] Winpcap blocking Internet Connection
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> > I have Winpcap installed with on my system which has an Ethernet and a
>> > wireless connection on Win XP SP2. Broadcom Ethernet and Intel Proset
>> > Wireless (all latest drivers)
>> >
>> > Both these connection ONLY work when Ethereal (or some other WinPCap 
>> > app)
>> > is
>> > running (or some other application) which is capturing packets from
>> > Winpcap.
>> >
>> > Uninstalling Winpcap does NOT work and both connections stop working!!
>> > Maybe
>> > WinPAP needs to be fully manually installed....
>> >
>> > Any help is appreciated....
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> > Anshuman
>> >
>> >
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