Wireshark WinPCAP Silent Install
I am deploying Wireshark 1.6.8 into our user machines its installing silently well and good but to run wireahark it needs WinPCAP as well when I searched for silent installation of WinPCAP lot of info confusing me what exactly to follow could any one suggest me right method for deploying WinPCAP in silent mode.
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Repackage the application (Reboot is must & two different msi's for x86,x64).
There is no silent installer for the free version of WinPCAP. You will need to purchase the pro version if you wish to have a silent install.
http://www.winpcap.org/pipermail/winpcap-bugs/2011-January/001344.html
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really good info to know thank you... - ontari.ontari 12 years ago
hello ontari.ontari,
can u please give me the processor type where u wish to deploy the application . whether its an x86 or x64 system.
i would suggest use prism tool to check where the source installs the files that u have mentioned above. Also mere keeping the files there wont do. It needs to be registered and also a service needs to be started after registering the dll's, which, actually makes the wireshark run
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IMy package should work on both x86 and x64 OS... thats the requirement - ontari.ontari 12 years ago
I have packaged WireShark couple of times and would like to give you some tips:
1) Best is to capture the application. Different MSI for different processors. This is because the drivers are different for different processors. Took me a lot of time to figure out the first time I packaged it.
2) A reboot is required after you install your MSI to make the driver work. If you try to launch the shortcut after installation without reboot, it will fail.
Cheers,
Piyush
Do you mean WinPcap?
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sry :(( yes it is "WinPcap_4_1_2.exe" - ontari.ontari 12 years ago
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That is on my list for the CT classrooms. I should be to that room's image later today or early tomorrow, will let you know. - SMal.tmcc 12 years ago
Hello, as far as WinPcap goes, I pacakged that application a few months back and to be very frank Winpcap no longer supports silent switch. the version that u have mentioned is the same that i packaged. After spending hours on looking for silent switch and ending up with nothing, i created my own MSI. But a word of caution for the same, you will be required to create two different MSI if you are planning to install it on x86 and x64 processors
Repackaged the application and working fine (Reboot is must & two different msi's for x86,x64). Thank you for the guidence. But I wonder the package with driver how it is possible to repackage??
There is some info here:
http://www.itninja.com/software/cace-technologies/winpcap/4-977
let me know if it helps, if not I will be working on that package later.
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okay, I gave an attemp according to the above link, but no luck its still saying "The NPF driver isn't running"
while dng I got this doubt after extraction Packet.dll has 4 difft versions (Packet_1.dll, 2, 3, 4) in that I opened properties and checked the details
(Packet.dll- NT5) (Packet_1.dll- Vista) (Packet_2.dll- Vista) (Packet_3.dll- NT5) (Packet_4.dll- NT4) so here first i copied the (Packet.dll- NT5) but didnt work so tried with (Packet_1.dll- Vista) and the other Vista one both but no luck
so do u have any idea which one exactly I ned to copy ??? - ontari.ontari 12 years ago-
I've fixed this via copy File and some Powershell stuff.
I've bypass that issue.
I've capture the wincap installation.
For a 32bits app running on a x64 OS, I've make a condition on the nfp.sys file, in order to copy the x64 amd sys file.
Then with a Custom Action, I created a service using SC DOS command.
" sc create npf binPath= system32\drivers\npf.sys type= kernel start= auto error= normal tag= no DisplayName= " NetGroup Packet Filter Driver "
I used Powershell my CA. VBS script should be also working. - Mic 9 years ago