My Huawei 3G USB modem is not listed on the interface list. I am using Wireshark(1.8.7) on Windows8-64bit. My device is Huawei E1550(model).. This device used to work with Wireshark(1.6.8) on windows7-32bit.... asked 30 May '13, 22:11  ska00sh edited 31 May '13, 11:28  Guy Harris ♦♦ |
2 Answers:
Did you restart the WinPcap NPF driver after you inserted the USB stick? If no, please try this:
Regards answered 31 May '13, 02:45  Kurt Knochner ♦ edited 31 May '13, 02:45 |
WinPcap doesn't support PPP interfaces on Windows 7, and mobile phone network "modems" run PPP over the modem phone connection, and Wireshark uses WinPcap for packet capture, so those devices are not supported in Wireshark on Windows Vista, 7, and 8. answered 31 May '13, 11:26 Guy Harris ♦♦ |
Just a comment Guy, lose the scare quotes. :)
There's nothing inaccurate about the term "modem" here, as they literally are performing QAM modulation/demodulation. Also it's not a "phone connection". HSPA data service does not touch a telephone switch, rather the line of path is from the device to the radio network to a GPRS Core (SGSN/GGSN nodes, effectively IP routers for the purpose of user IP packets) to an ISP. In older architectures it wasn't quite the case and carrier telephone switches actually carried IP payload, but from GPRS onwards it's really a packet-switched core infrastructure for all data service. In fact it's come full circle from LTE/EPC and beyond, as the telephone side has all gone to SIP/RTP over a fully IP network model.
You're correct on the point about PPP support on Windows 7 though. I found this out for myself as well.
That's disappointing....