Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 1299] New: Wifi promiscuous mode behaving badly unless Kis

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 01:58:58 +0000 (GMT)
http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1299

           Summary: Wifi promiscuous mode behaving badly unless Kismet is
                    also running
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Major
          Priority: Medium
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: ksaj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Build Information:
Compiled with GTK+ 2.6.4 with GLib 2.6.3, with libpcap 0.8.3, with libz 1.2.2,
with libpcre 5.0, without Net-SNMP, without ADNS, without Lua, without GnuTLS,
without Gcrypt, without Kerberos, without PortAudio, without AirPcap.

Running on Linux 2.6.11.4-21.15-default, with lipcap version 0.8.3.

Built using gcc 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)
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Neither wireshark nor ethereal seem able to properly put my Atheros wireless
card into promiscuous mode. Ifconfig says that the card is in promiscuous mode,
but no packets are captured.

But if I start up Kismet in another window, packets are then captured. As soon
as I shut kismet down, the packet capture stops again. Restarting kismet starts
the capture flowing again.


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