[Winpcap-users] pcap_findalldevs - high cpu usage

[Sagi Shechter]

Hi,



We're observing a problem with calling pcap_findalldevs. On certain
machines it causes a high spike in cpu usage, which we can not allow for
in our running service. 

for example, running the following on a windows 2000 server machine
takes about 9 seconds, with the cpu utilization getting to 100% :

 

C:\Program Files\Wireshark>dumpcap -D

1. \Device\NPF_GenericDialupAdapter (Adapter for generic dialup and VPN
capture)

2. \Device\NPF_{6813CC94-9ACB-4676-85C3-BF713D36D832} (Broadcom
NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver)

3. \Device\NPF_{DD137005-3337-4F92-9FFE-4FB8EFD1013B} (Broadcom
NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Driver)

4. \Device\NPF_{4524702E-FCCC-4E98-AA71-F2814C0EC4FC} (Intel(R) PRO/100
VE Network Connection)

 

Any ideas to what might be causing this?  I am using the latest
wireshark installer to install dumpcap/winpcap.

I already tried setting the services/drivers (npf) to auto-start, but
this didn't help.

 

thanks,

 

Sagi

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