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bcmwlpkt.dll
WinPcap low level packet library by CACE Technologies
Version: | 3, 1, 0, 27 |
MD5: | 4df537a09034434ea9481b88ab1d3c25 |
SHA1: | 593e62d622dbef8f8c7a83f8543858ceb95af298 |
SHA256: | 0628922dda8e170e013f66d7d1ec03eaed2af366bf4cfcdddc6a5b8552784a36 |
What is bcmwlpkt.dll?
WinPcap allows applications to capture and transmit network packets and consists of a driver, that extends the operating system to provide low-level network access, and a library that is used to easily access the low-level network layers. WinPcap comes with Remote Capture capabilities.This requires a remote daemon (called rpcapd) which performs the capture and sends data back and a local client that sends the appropriate commands and receives the captured data.
About bcmwlpkt.dll (from CACE Technologies)
“WinPcap is the industry-standard tool for link-layer network access in Windows environments: it allows applications to capture and transmit network packets bypassing the protocol stack, and has additi”
Details
File name: | bcmwlpkt.dll |
Publisher: | CACE Technologies |
Product name: | WinPcap low level packet library |
Description: | Packet |
Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\bcmwlpkt.dll |
Original name: | Packet.dll |
File version: | 3, 1, 0, 27 |
Size: | 68 KB (69,632 bytes) |
Digital DNA |
PE subsystem: | Windows GUI |
File packed: | No |
.NET CLR: | No |
More details
Distribution by Windows OS
OS version | distribution |
Microsoft Windows XP |
85.71% |
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Windows 7 Home Premium |
14.29% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 71.43% of WinPcap low level packet library.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
PC Manufacturer | distribution |
Dell |
66.67% |
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Lenovo |
22.22% |
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Hewlett-Packard |
11.11% |
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