Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Fink/10.3/Airport Question

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From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:51:13 -0700 (PDT)
David Darcy said:
> Hello. Having just discovered the wonderful world of fink, I finally
> got ethereal to compile and install on my Mac 10.3 OS. However, I have
> an airport express card, is it true that this card can't sniff?

"Airport Express" is the fits-in-a-power-supply-pod 802.11g base station
and AirTunes audio station; it's not a card.

Did you mean "Airport Extreme"?  If so, then it *might* run in promiscuous
mode, but the OS X drivers don't support putting it in monitor mode (the
usual mode for 802.11 packet capture if you're trying to listen to other
machines), so there are limits on the amount of sniffing you'll be able to
do.