I have the latest version of Ethereal and Wincap installed on a WinXP PC to diagnose a ppp dial-up problem (dial-up
only, problem doesn't occur when LAN connected). The list of adapters that
Ethereal finds does shows a PPP adapter for POTS
dial-in. When I dial-in and start capturing, applications on the PC don't work.
For instance, if I try and ping the LAN or vice-versa, the pings fail but the
capture log shows the attempt. It is as if ethereal is blocking the packets.
Forgive me, as I haven't used ethereal before. I did see something in the FAQ
that suggested that this might not work on XP but I just want to
clarify.
Many
thanks,
Lee Bailey
