
- #WIRESHARK HANGS AT INITIALIZING EXTERNAL CAPTURE PLUGINS WINDOWS 8#
- #WIRESHARK HANGS AT INITIALIZING EXTERNAL CAPTURE PLUGINS WINDOWS#
based on libpcap 0.9.3, with many fixes and extensions above the older version.

This version contains substantial bug fixes and extensions above the 3.0 release:
#WIRESHARK HANGS AT INITIALIZING EXTERNAL CAPTURE PLUGINS WINDOWS#
WinPcap 4.x does not support Windows 3.1, 95, 98, or ME.
#WIRESHARK HANGS AT INITIALIZING EXTERNAL CAPTURE PLUGINS WINDOWS 8#

See CaptureSetup/CapturePrivileges for information about using Npcap and WinPcap with Wireshark.

Npcap has a Yes/No comparison chart - Npcap or WinPcap? The Wireshark installer from 3.0 onwards includes Npcap, where versions before include WinPcap.Įven with the older Wireshark versions Npcap might work better for you, especially if you run Windows 10. One of them must be installed in order to capture live network traffic on Windows. Npcap and WinPcap are Windows versions of the libpcap library.
