Issue with nmap on wireless Vista interface

["Scott Burch" <camberwind () gmail com>]

Hi,

I've found that I cannot get nmap to work on my HP nw8440's Intel
Pro/Wireless 3945ABG Network Interface. I am running 4.20 with WinPcap
4.0. I am running Vista Ultimate with all the latest updates as of
this date. Here is some output. You will note that the MAC address of
the wireless interface is not listed and the interface name is net0
with a type of other. I think this may be part of the problem. I am
able to run current WireShark, Packetyzer, and Microsoft Network
Monitor 3.0 on this interface. Windump works as well.

c:\Users\Scott\Downloads>windump -V
windump version 3.9.5, based on tcpdump version 3.9.5
WinPcap version 4.0 (packet.dll version 4.0.0.755), based on libpcap version 0.9
.5

c:\Users\Scott\Downloads>windump
windump: listening on \Device\NPF_{6E3854DB-A2EA-41BA-A6AA-FE91E928FF88}

Output of ipconfig /all

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : wan
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-45-28-57
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c15e:7c4e:1232:c88e%8(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.219.140(Preferred)

c:\Users\Scott\Downloads>nmap -sS -P0 169.254.199.119

Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-04-02 01:05 Eastern Daylight
Time
pcap_open_live(net0, 100, 0, 2) FAILED. Reported error: Error opening adapter: T
he system cannot find the device specified. (20).  Will wait 5 seconds then retr
y.

C:\Windows\system32>nmap -iflist

Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-04-02 00:35 Eastern Dayligh
Time
************************INTERFACES************************
DEV  (SHORT) IP/MASK            TYPE     UP   MAC
net0 (net0)  (null)/0           other    down
eth0 (eth0)  (null)/0           ethernet up   26:FE:20:52:41:53
eth1 (eth1)  (null)/0           ethernet up   26:FE:20:52:41:53
eth2 (eth2)  (null)/0           ethernet up   26:FE:20:52:41:53
eth3 (eth3)  (null)/0           ethernet up   26:FE:20:52:41:53
eth4 (eth4)  (null)/0           ethernet down 00:15:60:C4:B9:D4
eth5 (eth5)  (null)/0           ethernet down 00:15:60:C4:B9:D4
eth6 (eth6)  (null)/0           ethernet down 00:16:41:63:B8:DB
eth7 (eth7)  (null)/0           ethernet down 00:15:60:C4:B9:D4
eth8 (eth8)  (null)/0           ethernet down 00:15:60:C4:B9:D4
ppp0 (ppp0)  (null)/0           other    up
ppp1 (ppp1)  (null)/0           other    up
lo0  (lo0)   127.0.0.1/8        loopback up
net0 (net0)  169.254.219.140/16 other    up
net1 (net1)  (null)/0           other    up
net2 (net2)  (null)/0           other    up
net3 (net3)  (null)/0           other    up
net4 (net4)  (null)/0           other    up
net5 (net5)  (null)/0           other    up
net0 (net0)  (null)/0           other    up
net1 (net1)  (null)/0           other    up

The live interface is net0...note how the MAC address is not reported.

I haven't seen anyone discussing and issue like this yet, so I thought
I'd post this information to the list. Note: I do not subscribe to
this mailing list, so I will need to be copied on the reply.

I'm working my way through testing many things on Vista..and I try to
report issues to appropriate people as I find them. I'm not sure if
this is an issue specific to my system or something with device naming
conventions for wireless interfaces in Vista.

If more details are needed I am more than happy to provide them.


Thanks,
Scott

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