Questions tagged [sniffing]

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Why can't I "decode" packets using Wireshark and some wireless network?

Re, I have no problem capturing packets on various wireless hotspots but there are a couple in my town that I just cannot understand why packets aren't being captured, other than those of my own. These are "open" networks (i.e., no WEP/WPA/etc.…
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Getting IP addresses through sniffing

Is it possible to know the gateway address of a wireless AP that I'm not connected to through sniffing? Airodump-ng can show MAC addresses of the AP and the clients associated but doesn't show IP addresses. Is there a way around this?
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