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Does the Network Packet Analyzer CAPSA support a wireless adapter?

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Does the Network Packet Analyzer CAPSA support a wireless adapter?

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Yes. However, you may not get the results that you are hoping for. When an 802.11 adapter is operating in infrastructure mode the WLAN communication between the client and the access point (AP) is similar to connecting the client to a switch (instead of a hub). You will NOT see communications between the access point and other hosts connected to the same AP. This is not a limitation of the Packet Analyzer CAPSA. Instead, it is a feature (limitation) of the current NDIS implementation of WiFi support. The adapter hardware may be very flexible and be able to switch between client and AP modes, and do other interesting things; however, NDIS does not currently include any standard mechanism to use the native WiFi features.

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