Most wireless adapters do not support promiscuous mode operation... In order to capture traffic (other than traffic destined for your station), you need an adapter which supports promiscuous mode... in general this means non-wireless.
SLH. --- Steighton Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer "There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't." > -----Original Message----- > From: Kyle W. Cartmell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WinPcap-users] etheral works, winpcap examples do not > > I am able to capture packets using ethereal 0.10.6 running > with WinPcap 3.0 alpha3 on Windows XP SP 2, but the example > programs fail to capture any packets at all. (pktdump_ex, and > so forth.) I am certain that the interface being used is the > same one detected and used by ethereal. This happens to be a > D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter (rev.B). > > I'm not sure where to start in troubleshooting this issue. My > first thought is to start trying different versions of > WinPcap, but I figured I'd ask someone with a clue first. > > Thanks! > Kyle W. Cartmell > > > ================================================================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================== > ================================================================= This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================================
