Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Trace wifi

From: hce <webmail.hce@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:41:57 +1100

On Dec 5, 2007 1:57 PM, Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hce wrote:
>
> > Does wireshark-0.99.6 include wifi 802.11 capture?
>
> Wireshark, by default, includes support for capturing packets using
> libpcap on UN*X and WinPcap on Windows.  Whether it can capture 802.11
> packets depends on libpcap, and the underlying packet capture mechanism
> it uses, on UN*X, and on WinPcap on Windows.
>
> Whether libpcap, and the underlying packet capture mechanism it uses, or
> WinPcap, can capture 802.11 packets - and whether, when you capture
> those packets, you get packets with 802.11 headers, possibly including
> management and control packets as well as data packets, or you get data
> packets with Ethernet headers - depends on the OS on which you're
> capturing, the device on which you're capturing, and the configuration
> you've done.
>
> See
>
>         http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#q8.7
>
>         http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#q8.8
>
>         http://www.wireshark.org/faq.html#sec10
>
>         http://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/WLAN
>
> for more details.
>
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