I'm authenticated to the wpa network with wlan0, but not with mon0, because you can't be authenticated in monitor mode. I presume the traffic is all encrypted if I'm on wpa and not if it's open.
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> From: Patrick
> To: Aaron Schneider
> Subject: RE: [Wireshark-users] Use Wireshark to snif other computers on the same wifi network
> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 20:17:21 -0400
>
> Are you authenticated to the wireless network? If not then you will not see
> any clear packets since they are encrypted. If the network is OPEN with no
> WEP WPA etc then you will see the protocols such as TCP and UDP etc. I know
> I have done it myself.
>
> Patrick