On Dec 2, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Faraz Hasan wrote:
I am using WireShark on Windows. Is there absolutely no way to
capture wireless traffic without anything more than a PC connected
to the net!
There are ways:
1) make sure your Personal Computer is a PowerBook or MacBook and run
OS X on it;
2) if it's not a Mac, run Linux or {Free,Net,Open,DragonFly}BSD on it
(you can perhaps also do that if it's a Mac, but it's not necessary);
3) if you have to run Windows, run Windows Vista (or perhaps Windows
Server 2008) and use Microsoft Network Monitor 3.1 or later, rather
than a WinPcap-based application such as Wireshark.
Further, what are the limitations if AirPcap adaptor is not used?
You probably won't be able to capture traffic other than traffic to
and from your machine, and you will only be able to capture data
frames, not management or control frames.
