FG
💻 Software

Wireless Card that supports promiscuous mode in Windows 7

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 202619188 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I'm trying to use wireshark to learn a bit about networking and capturing packets. However, from what I understand, the combination of windows 7 + various wifi chips don't allow the network card to operate in "promiscuous mode". Has anyone had any experience getting this to work?

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: Wireless Card that supports promiscuous mode in Windows 7

Low Risk

Beware of terminology difficulties here. Promiscuous mode is a concept that originated on wired Ethernet, where you have your card show you all the traffic your hub is repeating onto your port, even if it's not addressed to you. Many (but not all) W…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment