[Winpcap-users] PacketOpenAdapter

[Fish]

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Gianluca Varenni wrote:

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> It's wrong. The WinPcap driver detects the adapters when it
> gets loaded into memory, not during installation (that merely
> registers the NPF driver as part of the services in the system).

Wow. I didn't know that. Thanks!


> A workaround to it is to force an unload of the driver. This can
> be done with the SCM APIs (asking the NPF service to stop), or with
> the command line "net stop npf". You do not need to restart the
> driver manually, as it gets done automatically by the WinPcap API.

Ah. Okay. That makes sense now. Thanks! (again!)  :)

(Gee, you learn something new every day on this list!)  ;-)


> There is just a caveat to it. You cannot unload the driver if you
> have any open capture instances (i.e. any open pcap_t handles).

Knew that. :)


> Have a nice day

You too Gianluca. (and thanks again for the correction!)

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