Question [SNORT] ERROR: Can't start DAQ (-1) - Error opening adapter

[Unluckylucky]

Hello! When I have used command snort -c C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -A console -i eth0 in cmd it gives this error:

https://i.sstatic.net/8MWPUUhT.png

All solutions, which are on internet, haven't help me. Is there something specific with it? What should I do?

 

[kanewolf]

Hello! When I have used command snort -c C:\Snort\etc\snort.conf -A console -i eth0 in cmd it gives this error:

https://i.sstatic.net/8MWPUUhT.png

All solutions, which are on internet, haven't help me. Is there something specific with it? What should I do?

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Are you running your CMD window as administrator ?
Instead of saying "All solutions on the internet haven't helped." and letting us guess what you have tried, please list the things you HAVE tried.

 

[Unluckylucky]

https://i123.fastpic.org/big/2024/0708/f5/ff917d640ef021b25643b448f8138af5.png

So, first of all I followed this guide from one forum:

Remove wpcap.dll and Packet.dll from the snort\bin\ directory and (re)-install NPcap in Winpcap API compatibility mode. This should solve your issue I was having the same problem and just fixed it.

But when I done this, I got error that "no entry point"

Second, Yes, I run my cmd as administrator, but it doesn't help.

Third, I also found this article, but I don't have any idea how to use commands from it

Snort 2.9 Essentials: The DAQ

The recently released Snort 2.9 Beta introduces the Data AcQuisition library (DAQ), for packet I/O. The DAQ replaces direct calls into packet capture libraries like PCAP with an abstraction layer that make it easy to add additional software or hardware packet capture implementations. DAQ 0.1...

blog.talosintelligence.com

I tried to type these commands in cmd, but they don't work

Hope, this is can help fully understand problem

 

[kanewolf]

https://i123.fastpic.org/big/2024/0708/f5/ff917d640ef021b25643b448f8138af5.png

So, first of all I followed this guide from one forum:

Remove wpcap.dll and Packet.dll from the snort\bin\ directory and (re)-install NPcap in Winpcap API compatibility mode. This should solve your issue I was having the same problem and just fixed it.

But when I done this, I got error that "no entry point"

Second, Yes, I run my cmd as administrator, but it doesn't help.

Third, I also found this article, but I don't have any idea how to use commands from it

Snort 2.9 Essentials: The DAQ

The recently released Snort 2.9 Beta introduces the Data AcQuisition library (DAQ), for packet I/O. The DAQ replaces direct calls into packet capture libraries like PCAP with an abstraction layer that make it easy to add additional software or hardware packet capture implementations. DAQ 0.1...

blog.talosintelligence.com

I tried to type these commands in cmd, but they don't work

Hope, this is can help fully understand problem

Your links seem kind of sketchy. I am not following them....

Did you search the forum on the SNORT website -- https://www.snort.org/ ?

 

[Unluckylucky]

Your links seem kind of sketchy. I am not following them....

Did you search the forum on the SNORT website -- https://www.snort.org/ ?

Yes, I searched it, but I don't have any idea how to get these commands to work
https://www.snort.org/faq/readme-daq