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digger69:
Newbie question !!!

Downloaded URLSnooper 2 yesterday.  The download link showed version 2.04.01.  The about box tells me version 2.04.03.  And the window title bar shows 2.04.02.  ???

Nevertheless, the problem is I can't snoop any URLs at all.  After choosing the network adapter and start Sniff Network I can't even see URLSnooper counting packets.  Using Ethereal packet sniffing on the same network adapter works just fine.  Makes me guess the problem is not WinPcap or non supported hardware.  By the way, during the usage of URLSnooper, Ethereal was not running.  Tried with option "Only scan this computer" switched on and off.

Running Windows XP Professional fully patched, except SP2.

Any ideas???

Thnaks for your help.

mouser:
hi digger,
looks like i need to fix some version info inconsistencies.

your guess about the problem is the most likely explanation - that is that it is a winpcap incompatibility with your modem hardware.
what kind of modem do you have?  if you are not seeing the countiner of packets then for sure its detecting any packets.

try searching winpcap support page: http://www.winpcap.org/contact.htm

HOWEVER:
my understanding is that ethereal uses winpcap,
so if ethereal works then i think there is no reason that url snooper shouldn't!
can you compare the network card selection list in both programs, see if they are the same or similar, make sure you have the proper card selected.
reboot your computer to make sure it has a chance to register the new winpcap drivers.

please do give us a follow up after trying these things - like i said if ethereal uses winpcap and works then there is absolutely no reason why url snooper shouldn't work.

digger69:
Hi Mouser

Thanks for your reply.

I'm using WinPcap 3.1.  I uninstalled and reinstalled WinPcap. I rebooted my PC 2 times.  I tried using URLSnooper right after rebooting the PC.  Nothing, not even one package was captured.  Closing URLSnooper and starting Ethereal.  Here there are the packets.  Closing Ethereal and retrying URLSnooper.  Same result, not even one URL gets captured.  (Where do I have to check the packet counter???)

By the way, I'm using the build-in wireless network card of my IBM Thinkpad T41 notebook.  To show my settings, I took some screenshots.  Hopefully you could see those in the attachment.

Since Ethereal works just fine, I still don't think the problem is WinPcap or my hardware.

Thanks a lot for your support.

Best regards
Stefan

mouser:
i think i remember something about intel capturing not working in promiscuous mode, but i see you have url snooper set to only capture from your computer, which should bypass that.  but maybe there is something i'm doing wrong there.  i will take a look at ethereal and url snooper and see what i can figure out.

from what you're saying, url snooper must be doing something differently than ethereal, that we should be able to fix if you stick with me and we try some experiments.  i will try to have some tests to try this weekend and we can try to figure it out.

in your "Capture Options" screen in ethereal, if you check "promiscuous mode", does ethereal still work?

digger69:
If "promiscuous mode" is checked, ehtereal doesn't work either.  It looks like you are on the right way.

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