Re: USB support in libpcap

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ottawa on ca>]

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> > > > > "Jon" == Jon Smirl <jonsmirl () gmail com> writes:
    Jon> For example wifi adapters are all built using proprietary USB
    Jon> messages, to decode these messages you need to know the USB device ID
    Jon> of the adapter. This device id is not normally in the capture stream
    Jon> of the adapter. The attached code will force this data into the stream
    Jon> when capture is first started so that an app like Wireshark has the
    Jon> needed data to full decode the stream.

  Okay, so if the point is to do a network capture from a USB attached
wifi, why not just capture the 802.11 frames themselves into the already
standardized frame formats we have?

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