Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] 802.11 Monitor Mode Malformed Packets

[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Seoras Ray wrote:

> I am trying to sniff wireless traffic on my wireless network and an  
> running into an issue with malformed packets. When I am sniffing the  
> interface in managed mode I see traffic coming through correctly  
> with no problems, however when I switch to monitored mode almost  
> everything comes through as a malformed packet.

"Malformed" where?  Is the packet mostly OK, or does it show up as  
mangled from the beginning (or from the beginning of the 802.11  
header, if there's a radio header before that)?