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  2. Monitor mode - Wikipedia

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    Monitor mode, or RFMON (Radio Frequency MONitor) mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller (WNIC) to monitor all traffic received on a wireless channel. Unlike promiscuous mode , which is also used for packet sniffing , monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an access point or ad ...

  3. Comparison of open-source wireless drivers - Wikipedia

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    Atmel at76c502 at76c504 and at76c506 wireless cards b Yes Yes GPLv2+ Reverse-engineered b43: b43 b43: Broadcom BCM43xx SoC: a/b/g/n Yes (since 2.6.24) Experimental OSS firmware [12] GPL: Reverse-engineered b43legacy: b43legacy bcm43xx: Broadcom BCM4301, BCM4303, and BCM4306 rev 1 and 2 a/b/g Yes (since 2.6.24) Experimental OSS firmware [12] GPL ...

  4. Promiscuous mode - Wikipedia

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    In non-promiscuous mode, when a NIC receives a frame, it drops it unless the frame is addressed to that NIC's MAC address or is a broadcast or multicast addressed frame. In promiscuous mode, however, the NIC allows all frames through, thus allowing the computer to read frames intended for other machines or network devices.

  5. Packet analyzer - Wikipedia

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    A packet analyzer used for intercepting traffic on wireless networks is known as a wireless analyzer - those designed specifically for Wi-Fi networks are Wi-Fi analyzers. [ a ] While a packet analyzer can also be referred to as a network analyzer or protocol analyzer these terms can also have other meanings.

  6. Windows Vista networking technologies - Wikipedia

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    The Windows Vista Bluetooth stack supports a kernel mode device driver interface besides the user-mode programming interface, which enables third parties to add support for additional Bluetooth Profiles such as SCO, SDP, and L2CAP. This was lacking in the Windows XP Service Pack 2 built-in Bluetooth stack, which had to be entirely replaced by a ...

  7. NetSpot - Wikipedia

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    It runs on Mac OS X 10.6+ and Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11. Netspot supports 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless networks and uses the standard Wi-Fi network adapter and its Airport interface to map radio signal strength and other wireless network parameters, and build reports on that. NetSpot was released in August 2011.

  8. Backward compatibility - Wikipedia

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    A simple example of both backward and forward compatibility is the introduction of FM radio in stereo.FM radio was initially mono, with only one audio channel represented by one signal.

  9. Features new to Windows 8 - Wikipedia

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    Windows 8.1 displaying the multi-monitor taskbar in "Duplicated on all taskbars" mode. Windows 8 includes improved support for multi-monitor configurations; the taskbar can now optionally be shown on multiple displays, and each display can also show its own dedicated taskbar. In addition, options are available which can prevent taskbar buttons ...