Re: pcap_findalldevs_ex() and libpcap

[Abdelrazak Younes <younes.abdel () gmail com>]

Gianluca Varenni wrote:
> > Problem is that libpcap-1.0.0 doesn't have this function, what's the 
> > catch?
>
> That function is WinPcap-specific (i.e. it's not available in the 
> vanilla libpcap for the other OSes).

> I think the example from WinPcap 
> that you are using is from the folder wpdpack\Examples-remote that 
> contains samples using WinPcap-specific functions. Usually there's 
> always a corresponding sample in wpdpack\Examples-pcap using functions 
> available in libpcap as well.

Well, no, it's about an external (in-house) Windows software. But thanks 
for the info about Examples-pcap, it will help be porting it to pcap.

> Regarding pcap_findalldevs being obsolete, it's an error in the 
> documentation. I've already updated the documentation on our repository, 
> but it's been out in any public release of WinPcap.

OK, thanks for your help.

Abdel.
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