Would it be useful to have some sort of hardware database on the web site,
showing which cards work with Ethereal under a particular OS/driver
combination?
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, darren wrote:
> 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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