The default Windows drivers don't provide access to the
802.11-specific management and beacon packets. It's possible
to capture them using Ethereal under Linux and FreeBSD; see
http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.24 for more details.
On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, CYL1 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to catch all the packets or number of packets that were transmitted from/to a wireless pc card and a wireless access point?
>
> My Ethereal version is 0.9.7 with gtk+1.3, glib1.3.2, libz1.1.4, windows version on my Win2000 laptop. My wireless access point and pc card are both Linksys. The wap is connected to my Linksys 4port Router. I could catch all packet between my pc card and the router but not packets between the wap and my pc card.
>
> I have been trying to get all packets between one wireless pc card and a wireless access point but nevet got any packets in the view, unless I ping the access point with its ip or run a snmp program with the access point. I thought I should be able to catch all the mackets that were transmitted from/to the wireless access point and my wireless pc card.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Chuan Yin
>
>
