I think that those interfaces are exported as dialup connections. Under 
Vista WinPcap does *not* support dialup-like interfaces.

Can you please post the output of ipconfig -a?

Thanks
GV


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Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:32 AM
Subject: [Wireshark-dev] Missing Interface Name on Windows Vista 
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> Hi,
>
> I intend to use Wireshark to capture packets on a network interface that 
> is basically a USB connected mobile device, the latter acts as a modem. 
> The Operating System I am using is Windows Vista.
>
> When I open the Wireshark Capture option it does not list the network 
> interface connected to the Mobile device and hence I cannot capture any 
> packets on that specific interface.
>
> When I do an ipconfig –a option on the Command prompt I can see a IP 
> address allocated to my workstation with some other requisite entries. I 
> can even browse through on the web whilst connected through the modem..
>
> Can someone suggest a way in which I can see the network Interface in my 
> capture Screen of wireshark on Windows Vista?
>
> Has anyone else encountered this problem earlier or have I missed out on 
> anything?
>
> This problem definitely does not arise when using Wireshark on Windows XP.
> I have encountered this problem using 2 different mobile devices Samsung 
> and Nokia.
>
>
> Regards,
> Sameer
>
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