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markryde@gmail.com
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      12-09-2008, 04:07 PM
Hello,
Is there a way to know if a wireless network card supports promiscuous
mode ?
(I know if course that most cards support monitor mode, but I am
interested in capturing in promiscuouos mode.)

Is there also a way to know it from the code
of the network driver?

Regards,
Mark,
 
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      12-10-2008, 03:49 AM
On Dec 9, 10:07*pm, "markr...@gmail.com" <markr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there a way to know if a wireless network card supports promiscuous
> mode ?
> (I know if course that most cards support monitor mode, but I am
> interested in capturing in promiscuouos mode.)
>
> Is there also a way to know it from the code
> of the network driver?
>
> Regards,
> Mark,


I know how to turn on promiscuous mode: ifconfig ethx promisc
I am really interested to know if a network card supports it

Thanks
 
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