I surely understand :) Just FYI, MS's network monitor does display the device name/description correctly. So maybe it could be a reference.
Regards, Joshua On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Gianluca Varenni < [email protected]> wrote: > It's one of those things I want to look at, but probably it won't happen > for the next release of WinPcap (4.1). > Consider that the only devices affected by this problem are the wireless > devices using a native wi-fi driver. > > 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 4:13 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark on vista > > 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 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>> Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> >>> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev >>> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev >>> mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ___________________________________________________________________________ >>> Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> >>> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev >>> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> ?subject=unsubscribe >>> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> >> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev >> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev >> mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >> >> >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> >> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev >> Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev >> mailto:[email protected] >> ?subject=unsubscribe >> > > ------------------------------ > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> > Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev > Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> > Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev > Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev > mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe >
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