Wireshark over Wireless

[Mike Savory]

Hi Fred

In the interim (that recently got extended, I was looking forward to  
that fix in 10.5 libpcap)

Andreas Fink has provided a statically built binary built against a  
fixed libpcap at

http://www.finkconsulting.com/page7.php

> Note: Wireshark was linked to a static libpcap to overcome an issue  
> of the WLAN going offline on MacBook Pro's when you want to capture  
> IP packets on the WLAN you are connected to. The static cvs version  
> of the library doesnt have this effect except when you capture on  
> the wtl interface (you will see the WLAN frames in this case too)  
> where its normal to loose connectivity. If you choose "Interface"  
> from the menu however your WLAN will still disconnect. Choose  
> "Options" instead and choose the interface there. So MacBook Pro  
> users (like me) will be happier than before (thanks Guy for finding  
> the workaround...)


It installs into /usr/local/bin/wireshark and is happily co-existing  
with my MacPorts installation (apart from using all that disk space  
for 2 copies of all the dependencies). It works fine for me, Captures  
on en0 without dropping en1.

Now, if only I could figure out how to use Scapy without dropping my  
wireless on launch (it uses py-pylibpcap and libpcap from MacPorts) I  
would be OK.


Regards

Mike


On Apr 23, 2007, at 2:42 PM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> Known problem, I'm afraid.  Fixed in next release. :)
>
> - Jordan
>
> On Apr 22, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Fred Dushin wrote:
>
>> I am finding that sniffing packets (promiscuous mode) in wireshark  
>> kills my wireless connection.
>>
>> I can bring wireless back up, but I get an initial failure,  
>> whereupon "Try Again" seems to work.  An annoyance, at any rate.
>>
>> Over wired, everything work fine.
>>
>> -Fred
>> 2.0ghz c2d macbook (black)
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