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Howdy, I seem unable to be able to detect network traffic in promiscuous mode. In searching for the traffic to and from another computer, all I get, no matter what ...
  1. 07-31-2011 #1
    mjordan2nd
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    Cannot Detect Network Traffic in Promiscuous Mode

    Howdy,

    I seem unable to be able to detect network traffic in promiscuous mode. In searching for the traffic to and from another computer, all I get, no matter what I do on the other computer is something like the following:

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    sudo tcpdump -nnvvtei wlan0 | grep -i 192.168.1.112
tcpdump: listening on wlan0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 65535 bytes
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.1 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.106 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.1 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.68 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.1 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.109 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.1 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
00:1f:3c:95:d0:57 > ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: Ethernet (len 6), IPv4 (len 4), Request who-has 192.168.1.103 (ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff) tell 192.168.1.112, length 28
    Ad nauseum. I don't know what other details you need, or what might be wrong, but I'd appreciate any help I can get.
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  2. 08-02-2011 #2
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    How are you connecting these computers? If you're connecting through a network hub, you'll see very little. You need a network switch (even a cheapo auto-detecting one) to do this.
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  3. 08-07-2011 #3
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    Ahh, thank you. So basically I need new hardware to detect the wireless traffic going through my phone?
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