#What is npcap loopback adapter driver

Npcap is the Nmap Project's packet capture (and sending) libraryД¬ustom Windows kernel driver alongside our Windows build

#What is npcap loopback adapter windows 10

Npcap Library Networking Library Microsoft Windows 11 Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Download Npcap Npcap License Npcap Changelog 1.60 Packet capture library for Windows We will open an MS-DOS or PowerShell with Administrator privileges like Docs Download Licensing Windows 11 WinPcap The service is named as npcap and we can print or display service status from the command line with sc command. In order to capture packets, the Npcap service should be working. Npcap is installed as a driver with a service. Npcap Installation Completed Print Npcap Service Status When the Npcap installation is completed successfully we will see the following screen. The installation will take a little time to complete.

`Install Npcap in WinPcap API-compatible Mode` will set fully WinPcap compatibility.

`Support raw 802.11 traffic for wireless adapters` will add wireless traffic capture support with IEEE 802.11 protocols.

`Restrict Npcap driverвЂ™s access to Administrators only` will secure access to npcap packet capture to Administrative users.

`Support loopback traffic` will provide support for Loopback adapter packet capture and injection which will create a Npcap Loopback Adapter.

The most important part of the Npcap installation is the following screen where we will set and provide installation options. In the following screen, we will accept the License Agreement of Npcap by clicking I Agree Accept Npcap License With Npcap OEM commercial license npcap can be redistributed with different products and libraries.

Npcap OEM Commercial license is provided with enterprise features like silent installer and commercial support.

Opensource Npcap source code can be downloaded, compiled and used for internal use.

So Npcap provides as 2 versions for open source and commercial use

But as an open source project, it needs some support for costs. Npcap is an open source project and provided free for most cases. `WinPcap` compatibility is another useful compatibility feature for Npcap.`Libpcap` API support is very useful where popular applications like Wireshark, tcpdump can use Npcap easily like a native application.`Loopback Packet Injection` makes Npcap inject packets to the loopback interfaces.`Loopback Packet Capture` makes Npcap capture loopback interface packet capture which is generally used for different services to communicate on the local host.If a non-Admin user tries to package capture he should pass UAC (User Account Control). `Extra Security` will only provide packet capture to the Administrator level users.`NDIS 6 support` will make the Npcap work with newer Windows operating systems like Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, etc.Npcap provides a lot of powerful features according to WinPcap.

#What is npcap loopback adapter for windows 10

The most important feature of Npcap is support for Windows 10 operating systems where WinPcap only supports up to Windows 7. Npcap is based on WinPcap project which is currently not actively developed. Npcap is created and developed as a Nmap project. Npcap is packet capture library for Windows operating system.