Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Does Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 support monitor mode on Windows?

[Yang Luo <hsluoyb@xxxxxxxxx>]

Or is there any USB adapter that acts exactly like a built-in wireless adapter (uses NDIS miniport as the driver) and supports features like monitor mode, channel setting, etc. So I can buy one for development.

Cheers,

Yang

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Yang Luo <hsluoyb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi list,

I have switched to a new laptop as my workstation (the original one is inaccessable any more). The wireless card is:

Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165

Unfortunately, I found I can't switch to monitor mode on this machine using my WlanHelper.exe tool.

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C:\Windows\system32>wlanhelper wi-fi modes

managed

C:\Windows\system32>wlanhelper wi-fi mode monitor

Error: SetWlanOperationMode::SetInterface error, error code = 50

Failure

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50 means "The request is not supported". 

Does it mean that I can't enter monitor mode any more? I didn't google out any info that explicitly confirms that monitor mode is supported or not by this card. Does anyone know this?

Cheers,

Yang