[Winpcap-users] Windump problem - I don't see ANYTHING

Guy Harris guy at alum.mit.edu
Sun Feb 26 21:01:37 GMT 2006


jedimaster024-windump at yahoo.com wrote:

> However, when I try to sniff packets, Windump doesn't "see"/capture any.  

	...

> ... WLAN

	...

> Do you know what the problem could be?

The problem is likely to be that four-letter abbreviation beginning with 
"W":

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq#q8.9

Note that WinDump, like Ethereal and Tethereal, default to promiscuous 
mode; you would have to run with "-p" to turn it off.


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