They don't access the packets themselves. They use some Microsoft wi-fi APIs (I don't remember the exact name of them...) that allow you see the BSSIDs advertised by the APs.
Have a nice day GV -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of gonzalo diethelm Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Winpcap-users] Sniffing WiFi access points nearby > WinPcap is a software component. With WinPcap you can capture data > frames in 802.11 (which are transformed into Ethernet frames with the > windows networking stack and/or network card drivers), but you cannot > capture data/management frames (e.g. beacons). > AirPcap is a hardware solution (a USB dongle) that allows you to > capture all the 802.11 frames on a specific channel (so control, data > and management frames). Gianluca, thanks for the insight. What you say is very clear but raises a question: how does something like Network Stumbler work with a regular WiFi card? Best regards. -- Gonzalo Diethelm _______________________________________________ Winpcap-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/winpcap-users _______________________________________________ Winpcap-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.winpcap.org/mailman/listinfo/winpcap-users
