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RE: Wireless Ethereal
From: jburzenski () americanhm com
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 16:55:51 -0500
Has anyone used Ethereal to capture wireless traffic, and if so, can you point me to any resources documenting wireless Ethereal usage?
Ethereal will display the wireless packet data in much the same way wired packets are displayed except that you will see more control packets and such. Decoding will not be possible unless you are monitoring an unencrypted network (at which point you are doing IP over 802.11). The packet details are mostly self explanatory (web enabled, channel, etc.). If you are trying to audit wireless networks or will be working with multiple networks simultaneously, you might consider using Kismet. Kismet saves every packet in a dump file that can be opened with Ethereal for further analysis. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. Mention this ad and get $545 off any course! All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 10 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. Visit us at: http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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