The installation of the Npcap program continues.
To automatically start the “ Npcap” driver while your computer is booting, select the option below and click the “ Next” button.
installation startsĬlick the “ Next” button to install the Npcap program. Accept the license agreement of the WinPcap program. Wait while the necessary files are extracted and the installation starts. If you want to install the “ USBPcap” program, we continue by selecting the “ Install USBPcap” option. The “USBPcap” program is required to capture USB devices. Select the “ Install WinPcap” option and click the “ Next” button. The most important auxiliary program of Wireshark software is the “ WinPcap” program. Leave the installation location as default and continue by clicking the “ Next” button. In the Select additional tasks window, continue by selecting the “ Wireshark Desktop Icon” option. license agreementĬontinue leaving the components as default. installation wizardĬlick the “ Noted” button to accept the license agreement. Wireshark setup files as an administrator.Ĭontinue by clicking the “ Next” button in the installation wizard. You'll find complete information about this topic at WinPcap FAQ #14.Run the downloaded installation file as an administrator.
The User's Guide Installing Wireshark under Windows page will also describe how to install WinPcap. However, you might need to install WinPcap by the standalone installer, if you want to try the latest alpha/beta, or there might even be a new WinPcap release version available. This is the same WinPcap installer that you can get from WinPcap's download page. The Wireshark installer will copy the WinPcap installer and call it, so you get installation done "all in one place". See the change log for WinPcap for a more complete list (although some of those bugs might be bugs in older 3.1 betas rather than in 3.0).
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.