Win32/NetPacket version 0.03

The module Win32::NetPacket provides an Object-Oriented interface to the Packet Driver API (packet.dll). packet.dll is a part of WinPcap: the Free Packet Capture Architecture for Windows.

packet.dll offers a set of low level functions to sniff the network traffic, send packets to the network, obtain the list of the available network adapters, retrieve various information about an adapter, ...etc

WinPCap is a software developed by the Politecnico di Torino.

PREREQUISITES

In order to use Win32::NetPacket in your Perls scripts, it is necessary to install WinPcap on your machine.

• Download WinPcap 3.1:

  http://www.winpcap.org/install/default.htm

file: auto-installer (driver +DLLs), and run the executable.

• For the compilation, download the Developer's pack:

  http://www.winpcap.org/devel.htm

(file: wpdpack_3_1.zip) and unzip it in a directory.

• Because the header file Ntddndis.h in the C:\WpdPack\Include directory is out-of-date, it is necessary to replace it by the one contained in a recent SDK or DDK.

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a55b6b43-e24f-4ea3-a93e-40c0ec4f68e5&DisplayLang=en

INSTALLATION

Edit the Makefile.PL and set $WPCAP to the path of the WPcap library (default is C:\WpdPack\).

To install the module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
nmake
nmake test
nmake install

NOTES

• If the compiler prints error messages like that: ... error C2079: 'IPAddress' uses undefined struct 'sockaddr_storage' ... error C2079: 'SubnetMask' uses undefined struct 'sockaddr_storage' ... error C2079: 'Broadcast' uses undefined struct 'sockaddr_storage' (typically with VC6.0), your header files are out-of-date. Download and install the last platform SDK.
• If some tests of t\04_cst.t fail "# Failed test (t\04_cst.t at line 25)" you are using the old Ntddndis.h file in WpdPack\Include\. Replace it by a new one or, if you have installed the platform SDK, delete it. (The compiler will use the one in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\include\ directory.) If you use a old Ntddndis.h file, the module will work, but some OID constants won't be defined.

DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules: Exporter and DynaLoader

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (c) 2003-2006 J-L Morel. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.