Re: [PEN-TEST] wireless LAN traffic sniffing

From: Joe Shaw (jshawat_private)
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 01:24:44 PDT

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On Wed, 2 May 2001, Dawes, Rogan (ZA - Johannesburg) wrote:

> Not so.
>
> Most (?) token-ring cards (at least, those based on the IBM Tropic chipset)
> are physically unable to enter promiscuous mode, regardless of the OS.
>
> It may be that Wireless cards have similar restrictions.

I have yet to find an 802.11b card that will not enter promiscuous mode,
and I have tested several.  It's possible that one might exist, but I have
not found it yet.

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Joseph W. Shaw II
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