Portable Wireshark / WinPcap

Submitted by interiot on May 15, 2008 - 1:48pm

I've written up some information about silent installers for WinPcap. Wireshark currently offers a portable version, but it's bothersome to go through the process of installing WinPcap all the time.

http://paperlined.org/apps/wireshark/winpcap_silent_install.html

Basically, you extract these files from the winpcap installer:

  • npf.sys (there are three versions, for different architectures): copy it to %windir%\system32\drivers\ (unfortunately, this is the one change you have to make to the local machine)
  • packet.dll (again, three different versions): select the right one, and put it in the same directory as Wireshark on the thumb drive
  • pthreadVC.dll, wpcap.dll, and WanPacket.dll: put these in the same directory as Wireshark on the thumb drive

( categories: )