Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to see through the PLCP header
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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:14:20 -0800
ASHISH HARCHWANI wrote:
>  I want to know if I can capture the PLCP header using wireshark. If yes
> then what's the set up I am suppose to use. I am not using AirPcap. Also
> what are the ways one can differentiate between different versions of
> 802.11 from the packets captured using wireshark in monitor mode. 

As far as I know there's no way to view the PLCP directly in Wireshark.
If your environment supports a metainformation header like PPI or
Radiotap you can get at some of the PLCP indirectly, such as the data
rate and modulation.