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From: toddlange1 on 19 Jul 2007 08:21
Hello,

In NDIS 6.0, Microsoft added an operational mode called
DOT11_OPERATION_MODE_NETWORK_MONITOR. It can be set using OID
OID_DOT11_CURRENT_OPERATION_MODE. It is designed to turn a 802.11
wireless adapter into a promiscuous capture card. In this mode you
can set filters to see all raw data and management packets, set
channel, set frequency, gather statistics, etc.

I interested in using these new features for the purpose of packet
analysis in a protocol analyzer. Can these new features be used on
Vista from within an NDIS protocol driver? It appears they may be
blocked by Windows when I have tried to set them from within a
NDIS protocol driver. I'm using a current Atheros NDIS 6.0 driver on
Vista
and the calls never make it down to the miniport driver.

Is this by design to prevent 3rd party application developers from
using these new features, or I'm I missing something?

Thanks,

Todd Lange

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