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How can I sniff packets from an unsecured wireless network?

How can I sniff packets from an unsecured wireless network?

I am interested in being able log packets going over a unsecured wireless network. Specifically, I want to see HTTP POST / GET requests and responses going between the router and computers on the network. Which software do people use for this? I am running OSX and I have a RT73 chipset USB wireless card that supports passive mode.

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bert [Entry]

"I would recommended Wireshark which will track any traffic on a particular network card.

From a Wireless router perspective I am not aware of any software that can do this unless the router itself is linux based in which case you can use tcpdump"