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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Leopard and AirPort, only my own packets

From: Marco De Vitis <starless@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:52:36 +0200
Hi,
I'm doing some tests on my own wifi network, which is protected using WPA Personal.

I have a Windows notebook and a MacBook running OSX 10.5.5. I want to try running Wireshark on the MacBook for sniffing traffic happening from the Win machine.

I connect both machines to the network, then start Wireshark on the Mac (the binary download for Intel machines on the official Wireshark web site, installed as the docs recommend), start capturing in promiscuous mode, and then try doing something on the Win machine, like browsing the web or downloading mail, but this activity is not logged: I can only see traffic from the MacBook itself.

I've read related docs in the wiki a couple of times, and I'm a bit confused now. As far as I understand, it should all work fine with my setup. Am I wrong? Am I missing anything?

Thanks.

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Ciao,
  Marco.