[KLUG Members] Re: AirSnort

[randall perry]

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I have the same card BTW, but I don't think that will work for you.   There 
are only a handful of companies that manufacture the wireless 
chipsets.  Orinoco/Lucent (bought out a coupla weeks ago by Proxim) takes 
care of their own.  Their cards are great for features like microwave oven 
robustness, mmcx connector, driver support and range.

The last I recall is that Orinico's cards (I can at least speak for mine) 
do not offer promiscuous mode.  Without this, you cannot capture traffic 
that is not destined for your MAC address.

So find a card that uses another manufacturer's chipset.  The chips thrown 
in the DLinks work in promiscuous mode, but I don't know the entire list of 
which manufacturers do/do not.

Former list member, Bryan Smith, worked for a wireless company and knows 
considerable more about that industry than I.
You might want to ask him on the LEAP list.

Randall Perry
<a href="http://www.domain-logic.com> Computer Training </a>

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