Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] 802.11 MAC frames

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 13:17:02 -0700
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:12:58PM -0700, Ben Irving wrote:
> Any idea if there is a way to see 802.11 MAC frames with my ethereal 
> sniffer? Things like beacons, probes and association messages? Thanks!

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q5.36

although the instructions aren't up-to-date - there may be some other
cards supported on Linux (and the instructions on putting cards into
monitor mode need more detail), and on FreeBSD 5.2 and later, and NetBSD
2.0-beta, some other cards are supported, and on Windows, in that it
*MIGHT* be possible to capture them in promiscuous mode with Centrino
802.11 interfaces (as per a patch submitted by somebody to the 802.11
dissector to handle those packets), but pretty much everywhere else on
Windows you're out of luck.