WiFi Packet Sniffer

[gboyce-qL0WqcyiFk9Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org (gboyce)]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, Rusty wrote:

> Anyone know of any good wifi packet sniffers?  There are a lot out there as
> I have seen but I am looking for one or a few that people have used and
> like.  Maybe something similar to wireshark which is a great tool for wired
> sniffing.

What sort of wireless sniffing you trying to do?

Wireshark has the ability to pick up on 802.11 beacon packets on top of 
the rest of the packets which are shared with wired networks.

If you're looking for something that spans wireless networks, kismet has 
the ability to create pcap files of the wireless networks that it detects. 
These pcap files can then be read by wireshark.

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Greg

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