If you install Linux, and the madwifi drivers, Kismet will support wireless sniffing..
If you don't want to go to the trouble of installing linux, you can try Airopeek for wireless sniffing. It appears that they may have drivers for the atheros a/b/g card that is in your laptop. (Assuming that you didn't get the Centrino package..) They don't mention your particular card by name in the list of supported cards, but they do list other atheros based cards. Which Thinkpad are we talking about, anyway? > I did try several Wireless or Wired sniffer. > Ethereal (www.ethereal.com) is free. Sniffer Pro, > etc... the app works on any other system, notebook or > desktop, any brand, any wireless card or wired > ethernet. BUT It fails to capture the packets on IBM > thinkpad. > > Forgot to mention, the thinkpad with winXP. I am > quite sure that IBM has some application that prevents > sniffer working or sniffer can not associate with the > wireless driver (on Ethernet 100TX is working), I > tried also with the several pc card 11a, 11a/b, > 11a/b/g, 11g. None of any sniffer app can capture > from any wireless card. > > If you know any thinkpad forum can you share with me. > I may just return this unit any buy some other brand. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
