Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] ethereal dropping frames?

[Andrea G Forte <andreaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

I am trying to sniff packets on a wireless interface using ethereal and 
a small sniffer I wrote ( I use ethereal to check if my small sniffer 
works correctly). Now, I know that if I am not interested in 802.11 
frames I can use promiscuous mode only without having to worry about 
monitor mode. This is exactly what my sniffer and ethereal do (ethereal 
uses promiscuous mode only right?). However, when I try to sniff packets 
on wlan0 with ethereal as well as my sniffer, of 10 ARP requests that 
another computer on my network sends, I can only see one of them and 
sometimes I do not see any at all. If I want to see all of them I have 
to use kismet which uses monitor mode. But ARP requests are not 802.11 
frames, so I am a little confused.
Do you know where the problem might be? Is ethereal dropping packets?

Thank you,
Andrea