Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Question Regarding New Version

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From: "Dale Cabell" <dale_cabell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 19:52:57 -0700
My question is how is net  stumbler doing this?

Dale Cabell
dalecabell@xxxxxxxxx


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Combs" <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Dale Cabell" <dale_cabell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Question Regarding New Version


> On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Dale Cabell wrote:
>
> > Question:
> >
> > Does anyone know when the Windows version is finally going to support
802.11? I don't want LINUX.
>
> If you want to capture 802.11-specific data (e.g. beacon frames) your only
> choices are to shell out some money for a commercial product like AiroPeek
> or Sniffer Wireless, or use Linux or FreeBSD.  Ethereal uses the WinPcap
> library to capture packets under Windows.  WinPcap in turn depends on
> individual NIC drivers for raw packet data.  At the present time there are
> no drivers that deliver raw 802.11 frames in windows, but there are plenty
> for Linux and FreeBSD.  See
>
>
http://www.mail-archive.com/winpcap-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg00017.html
>
> and
>
>     http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.23
>
> for details.
>
>
> If you don't care about 802.11-specific data you should be able to capture
> wireless traffic under Windows; it will look like regular Ethernet traffic
> in Ethereal.
>
>
>