Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 3980] On Snow Leopard (10.6), Wireshark not capturing pack
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:05:45 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3980





--- Comment #12 from Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  2009-10-13 10:05:44 PDT ---
Note that, in OS X, if you request 802.11 or 802.11+radiotap headers, the
adapter is put in monitor mode, whether you want it to be in monitor mode or
not.  The Broadcom-based AirPort adapters in some Macs (at least some iMacs)
can remain associated with the network when in monitor mode, but the
Atheros-based adapters in other Macs (at least some models of MacBook and
MacBook Pro, possibly others) cannot.  Because of that, with the Atheros-based
adapters, there might not *be* any outgoing packets to see.

If you open System Profiler (Apple menu -> About This Mac, click the "More
Info..." button), and look at "AirPort Card" under "Network", what does it
report?


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