Wireshark packet capture not seeing VLAN tags with Windows 7

While setting up a Lab based on GNS3 and some real world switches I faced an issue with Windows 7 removing 802.1q VLAN tags when using the integrated Intel network card.

There is some information on Wireshark and Intel homepage to solve it:

http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/VLAN

http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/cs-005897.htm

Here is what I then changed in my local Windows registry to solve it:

See also

• Juniper Junos 12.2R2.4 installation on FreeBSD using QEMU – Adapt jinstall
• Juniper Junos 12.2R2.4 installation on FreeBSD using QEMU - Install FreeBSD and Junos
• GNS3 error while loading topology that worked before - 206-unable to create UDP NIO
• GNS3 Service Provider Core and Edge Lab