Are we going to fix it? There should be a way to get the device
name/description.
If there are multiple WiFi devices (or other network devices showing same
problem) on a same machine, currently it's hard to tell which one is which.

Thanks,
Joshua

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Gianluca Varenni <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  Microsoft is the wireless adapter.
>
> Native wifi adapters on Vista/Win7 have an Intermediate driver (from MS)
> between their miniport driver and winpcap itself, and such IM driver traps
> the request that WinPcap uses to get the name, returning just "Microsoft".
>
> Have a nice day
> GV
>
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao <[email protected]>
> *To:* Developer support list for Wireshark <[email protected]>
>   *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 11:46 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark on vista
>
> Yes, I do have one listed as "Microsoft:
> \Device\NPF_{7D4C2BA0-BCB3-47D6-8E5C-5D30946E8150}".
> What does this tell? Is it the wifi card I have? Then why there is no
> descriptive name like what we get on xp?
>
> Thanks,
> Joshua
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Gianluca Varenni <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  What is the list of adapters returned by Wireshark? Do you have an
>> adapter just called "Microsoft"?
>>
>> GV
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Joshua (Shiwei) Zhao <[email protected]>
>> *To:* Developer support list for Wireshark <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Friday, July 24, 2009 11:18 AM
>> *Subject:* [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark on vista
>>
>> With Wireshark 1.0.4 running on vista, I cannot see my WiFi card as a
>> capture interface though I can see my Ethernet card.
>> Is this a known issue? Or I might be doing sth wrong?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Joshua
>>
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