On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:03:33 +0100, LR <lrme@privacy.net> wrote:

>It was actually the promiscuous mode I was interested in. I did ask
>about this several months ago but no one seemed to have tried it. The
>following link was for ver 3.1 but ver 3.3 has the same functionality.
><http://blogs.technet.com/netmon/archive/2007/06/15/wireless-capturing-with-network-monitor-3-1.aspx>

The above link seems to imply that anything that is blessed by
Microsoft will work. Quoting:
NOTE: That the Windows Logo Kit 1.0c has released. Please verify
with your manufacture that your NIC has passed this certification
to determine if NM3.1 supports wireless sniffing. The list above
will no longer be updated now that the certification is complete.
I read that to hint that if the card and driver have the right logo,
and are in the hardware compatibility list, it should work in
promiscuous mode. However, without a copy of the tests, I can't tell
if the logo kit actually tests for promiscuous mode functionality. If
so, it's a 180 degree reversal of previous Microsoft policy which was
to intentionally disarm promiscuous mode in the XP NDIS 5.x drivers.

Digging furthur:
<http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlogo/>
<http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/>
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/>
Drilling down to wireless adapters, I find:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Browse.aspx?type=Hardware&category=Networking&subc ategory=Wireless%20Network%20Cards>
Looks like it's only for Vista drivers. So much for XP. Looking for
the Intel 3945ABG card, it shows the right logo status for Vista:
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Details.aspx?type=Hardware&p=Intel%20PRO%2fWireles s%203945ABG%20Network%20Connection%20-%20network%20adapter&v=Intel&uid=&pf=0&pi=48&c=Net working&sc=Wireless%20Network%20Cards&os=32-bit>
So, by my interpretation of the vague comments on the NM3 page, and
assuming promiscuous mode is in the logo tests, the Intel 3945ABG card
just might work with NM3.x.


--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558