Re: Wireless adapter for new computer re TUNTAP

Thank so much 

I think in the worst possible instance 
I can change the card on laptop mother board ?

Thanks again



> On Jun 16, 2019, at 3:10 PM, ''Fish' (David B. Trout)' [email protected] [hercules-390] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Joseph Reichman wrote:
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> > I bought an ASUS rozen (not sure if the spelling is correct)
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> "Ryzen"? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryzen)
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> > about 2 years ago at the time it was the only 8 core laptop
> > And tun Tap worked wirelessly
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> Great.
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> > I know it not guaranteed but it’s a fact that it works on
> > some wireless adapters
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> Consider yourself lucky then. Generally speaking, WinPCap does not work with wireless (wifi) adapters. Their FAQ mentions that *SOME* (but not very many and certainly not all) wireless adapters *MAY* (i.e. *MIGHT*) work with WinPCap, but there's no guarantee. It's basically a crapshoot:
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> https://www.winpcap.org/misc/faq.htm#Q-16
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> At one time they used to maintain a list of wireless adapters that users reported as either working or not working with WinPCap, but they've apparently taken it down. I found a copy on the Internet Archive's "Way Back" machine:
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> https://web.archive.org/web/20070701182942/http://www.micro-logix.com/WinPcap/Supported.asp
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> Any/ALL physically *wired* network adapters however should always work with CTCI-WIN (and thus Hercules networking), and since they're so cheap these days that's generally what I advise doing.
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> -- 
> "Fish" (David B. Trout)
> Software Development Laboratories
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