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Old 01-21-2008   #3 (permalink)
beakmyn
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Originally Posted by devnill View Post
I have a linksys wusb54g usb wireless dongle, and cannot seem to get it to go into promiscuous mode under windows. I know it works in linux, but for some reason it wont capture any packets in windows XP. I've looked all over for a 3rd party driver that would let me capture packets promiscuously, but I have found nothing. Does anyone know if this is possible?
Not with that card. However Commview for wifi has a list of cards that are supported with it's driver that will put the card into monitor mode. The only choice is a Airpcap compatible card which will cost you money also. They both cost upwards of $500 however commview does have a demo mode so you can try it out before you buy it.

My suggestion is to go to linux with a compatible card and you'll be in monitor mode for free.

BTW, promiscuous mode is typically associated with wired card. For wireless cards it's usually called monitor mode.

I use the Airlink AWN108 which has the Atheros chipset and works well with Commview.
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