Wireshark · Ethereal-users: RE: [Ethereal-users] capturing packets in promiscuous mode

["darren" <teodarren@xxxxxxxxx>]

HI,

Promiscuous mode refers only to "Promiscuity" on the Network Layer I
think. 

Other people's packets may not on the same "Physical" network as you.
You will thus not be able to see any "other people's packets" because
you are not "Associated" to them and hence not "physically connected" to
them.

For you to be sniff-promiscuous on WLAN with Ethereal, you need to put
your card into monitor mode.

I do not know of any avbl drivers to do this in Windows except those
provided by a few software houses for use with only their own programs.

If anyone got any WLAN drivers in windows that support Monitor mode,
Please let me know!!

Hope this helps.

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ethereal-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Gaynor
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 10:16 AM
To: ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Ethereal-users] capturing packets in promiscuous mode

Hi, I am having a problem with ethereal, not sure if it is my card, or
that I don't know what I am doing.  I am using windows2000, with a Dell
Truemobile wireless card.  When I try an capture packets in promiscuous
mode I only see incoming packets, but when I set promiscuous mode off, i
see both in and out packets.  However, I never see packets from any
other
wireless devices like I expect to.  I am confussed.  


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