The list of compatible adapters can be found at. Do I need special hardware to use CommView for WiFi?Ī. If you want to use windows, then you need to do something like a MITM to see someone elses traffic with wireshark. In short, if you want to capture in monitor mode, use linux.

Linux does this for most wifi adapters, but only if they support it and the driver is written for the specific card. Airpcap works, but again, because the driver is written for their hardware. A driver would have to be written for it to do that, and windows just doesn't seem to support it at this time.

Windows does not do monitor mode by default. Using the USB version of backtrack3 I can successfully capture packets in wireshark so I know the wifi is compatable.ĭo I need to find a madwifi driver for windows XP and then run a command to put it into monitor mode or will I have to go and buy an AirPcap usb adapter so that I can capture in a windows enviroment?

I have a HP nc4000 laptop with a w400 wifi adapter built in - this has the atheros chipset My question is about data capture in windows : My mouse is all clicked out looking for answers so I thought I would post a question here This is my first post so I just wanna start by saying well done to all the HAK5 team for an excellent technical resource.even with the beer Ads :o)

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