Thanks, it would be very helpfull to have this list. I am trying to get
this to work for a student lab, and having a windows wireless sniffer
would be idea for me.
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Gerald Combs wrote:
> 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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