[Winpcap-users] [Wireshark-dev] how Wireshark get linktype?

[Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao]

No, it is NDIS 5.x on winxp.



On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Gianluca
Varenni<gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com> wrote:
> Is it an NDIS 6.x driver?
>
> Have a nice day
> GV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao" <swzhao at gmail.com>
> To: <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
> Cc: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-dev at wireshark.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 5:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] how Wireshark get linktype?
>
>
>> No it's not airpcap. But they don't want us to disclose their name yet :)
>> I have the driver source code and it does return media type as
>> NdisMedium802_11_Radio if it receives an OID as I mentioned earlier.
>> But the driver never sees a request for those OIDs.
>>
>> In Wireshark I also tried to add code to send OIDs request to the
>> driver, using wpcap_packet_request(). If I define a new OID on both
>> side, it works fine. However, when I send an OID of
>> OID_GEN_MEDIA_SUPPORTED or OID_GEN_MEDIA_IN_USE, the driver never sees
>> this OID. It's lost somewhere? I still cannot figure out....
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joshua
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Gianluca
>> Varenni<gianluca.varenni at cacetech.com> wrote:
>>> On Windows/WinPcap the only devices that support any of the wireless DLTs
>>> (DLT_IEEE802_11, DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO or eventually DLT_PPI) are the
>>> AirPcap
>>> adapters.
>>>
>>> Are you using an AirPcap adapter?
>>>
>>> Have a nice day
>>> GV
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao" <swzhao at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Developer support list for Wireshark" <wireshark-dev at wireshark.org>;
>>> <winpcap-users at winpcap.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 4:41 PM
>>> Subject: [Winpcap-users] how Wireshark get linktype?
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm using Wireshark 1.0.4 with a WiFi device. When I select the device
>>>> in capture options panel, I cannot get the expected linktype
>>>> DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO.
>>>> I know the device driver is in monitor mode and it works if I manually
>>>> add a DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO type there and choose it.
>>>> But how does Wireshark/winpcap get the default type, via a OID request
>>>> OID_GEN_MEDIA_SUPPORTED or OID_GEN_MEDIA_IN_USE?
>>>> I believe the driver does have support on these two OIDs.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a known problem or is there sth not compatible between my
>>>> driver and Wireshark/winpcap? I know Wireshark calls pcap_datalink()
>>>> to retrieve the media type.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>> Joshua
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