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PacketGrabber

Current Version

2.0.1

Supported Operating Systems

Windows NT 4 (SP6a)
Windows XP (SP1)
Windows 2000 (SP3)
MS Internet Explorer 5.5 or later

FAQs

• Can I configure PacketGrabber to automatically email me the files it captures?
• I am trying to launch PacketGrabber, but I get the error message: "Ordinal 57 could not be located in the dynamic link library ATL.DLL". What is wrong?
• I set up PacketGrabber to email me the trace file. However, I haven't received anything in my email. Why isn't my PacketGrabber sending my trace file?
• What hardware is supported by PacketGrabber?
• What decodes are supported by PacketGrabber?

Yes! PacketGrabber can be configured to automatically email, ftp, or perform a command line operation. After capturing a file (or multiple files) and stopping, the send options can be invoked. You can configure the send option in PacketGrabber to automatically email the file(s) back to you. Of course, the remote location must have a viable link to your email server and there are other caveats.

• First, send the PacketGrabber application to your remote location.
• Next, PacketGrabber needs to be installed on a machine at the remote location.
• Then, create a new AutoCapture (*.wac) file. Customize the send options by entering: the mail server's address, your address, the sender's address, and, if desired, a subject line.
• After the remote location has PacketGrabber installed, send your *.wac file.
• Finally, download the *.wac file to the PacketGrabber machine, then double-click on the *.wac file. PacketGrabber will start, capture the traffic, stop, then email the file or files directly to you. Good luck!

The missing DLL is actually part of Internet Explorer 6, so the fix is to upgrade the version of IE on your computer. Version 6 of IE can be downloaded from Microsoft's website.

This problem may have multiple causes. First, check that email is working properly for your network. If you are certain that all the email options are configured correctly, make sure your capture will stop. PacketGrabber send options will only occur when the capture stops. If you have a continuous capture, it will continue to grab packets and will never initiate the email. You must set up a stop trigger, manually stop the capture, or turn off the continuous capture option.

PacketGrabber will run with an NDIS 3 or higher compatible Ethernet or Fast Ethernet promiscuous mode network adapter. Promiscuous mode is the ability to have EtherPeek take over the driver and put it into a mode that will allow it to passively capture all packets on an Ethernet wire, regardless of the address to which they are being sent/received.

For example, we are compatible with adapters from 3Com, Intel, Xircom, SMC, and many others.

PacketGrabber uses the same technology as EtherPeek. For information about error capture, please see our EtherPeek error capture page: http://www.wildpackets.com/product_support/omnipeek/error_capture

PacketGrabber is only a trace file collection tool. Therefore, to decode and analyze the packets gathered by PacketGrabber, you must open them in either EtherPeek or EtherPeek NX.

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