Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Problem while Sniffing in wireless network on windows

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 14:02:22 -0700
On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 09:41:42AM -0000, Josh Makineni wrote:
> I am trying to use the VB source code

Which VB source code?  (Ethereal's not written in VB.)

> and test an wireless sniffing on windows XP.

So are you using WinPcap from a VB application that you've written?

> It identified the wireless network card, but was not able to 
> sniff any packets..

Wireless cards don't work very well with WinPcap on Windows, as the
drivers tend to mishandle promiscuous mode - try capturing not in
promiscuous mode.

If you're writing your own application, further questions would probably
be best asked on the WinPcap mailing list:

	http://winpcap.polito.it/contact.htm