Re: Wireshark and AirPcap

["Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni () cacetech com>]

Oliver,

regarding Win7 and AirPcap:
- is the AirPcap adapter recognized by the AirPcap Control Panel?
- if yes, try running Wireshark with elevated privileges i.e. right-click on 
the wireshark icon and use "Run as administrator".

Have a nice day
GV

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From: "Oliver Stock" <ohlibaer () web de>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 4:25 AM
To: <wireshark-users () wireshark org>
Subject: [Wireshark-users] Wireshark and AirPcap

> Dear all,
>
> I'm a network technician and frequently working with wireshark. I'm using 
> the latest release on different systems with no problems in cabled 
> networks. But lately I decided to get a more detailled insight into WLAN 
> traffic and I bought an AirPcap, as it was mentioned that this stick 
> perfectly integrates into wireshark. AirPcap unfortunately only runs under 
> Windows, so I checked it first with a 32Bit version of Windows 7. Hmm, 
> wireshark didn't recognize AirPcap. I checked for the latest driver, 
> installed it, installed wireshark once again, and there it was, although 
> an unreadable error message appeared at startup. I closed wireshark, 
> reopened it, and no AirPcap appeared.
> I then checked it with a 64Bit version of Windows 7, running in a VM. 
> Wireshark didn't even start when AirPcap was connected.
> Next step was to install a Windows XP SP2 in a VM, and there it worked. 
> AirPcap is recognized and can capture data. I tried to enter the 
> decryption key using wireshark as decryptor, but I could only choose WEP 
> or WPA-PWD / WPA-PSK. When choosing WPA-PSK with my key (exactly 64 
> characters long), I'm getting an error message that the key is too long. 
> But even when cutting off 1 or 2 chars, I'm still getting this error 
> message. So I'm a bit stuck at the moment.
>
> Is there any known bug with wireshark and Windows 7? I've read that 
> wireshark and AirPcap have difficulties when running under Windows Vista, 
> but haven't found anything regarding Windows 7.
> Is there any chance that wireshark can decrypt WPA2-PSK?
> Best regards,
>
> Oliver
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