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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:35:02 -0700
alexus wrote:


I'm using Ethereal 0.10.10, and I'm using Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B
Mini PCI Adapter, and it doesn't seem to be capturing anything with my
adapter, I'm trying to capture wireless traffic. Is your software supports
that? Or do I need to install anything extra for that? I also installed
WinPcap 3.1 Beta 4.
For capturing, our software supports what libpcap/WinPcap, the underlying OS mechanisms they use, and the network adapter drivers support; there's no low-level capturing code in Ethereal, there's just code that makes libpcap/WinPcap calls to do capturing.
Windows is not a very friendly platform for capturing on 802.11 adapters using the standard drivers for the adapters: 

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q5.39

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q5.40

so there are limits on what Ethereal can support.