# Adding a New Protocol under Windows

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-new-protocol-under-windows/37247
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [December 15, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-new-protocol-under-windows/37247 "2015-12-15T14:53:58Z")
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### Author: ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/adding-a-new-protocol-under-windows/37247/2 "2015-12-15T17:08:53Z")

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It looks like you are missing the [WinPcap developer pack](https://www.winpcap.org/install/bin/WpdPack_4_1_2.zip). This thread has more details: [[SOLVED] Build packetbeat on windows](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-build-packetbeat-on-windows/35161/7)

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