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NIC in Monitor mode used by two program simultaneously

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Presently I am designing sniifer that is uses NIC in monitor mode but side by side I am also using wireshark ( for which also NIC in monitor mode ). So both this program using monitor mode simultaneously. SO I want to know Does it possible that two program using NIC in monitor mode simultaneosly ? Does it affect on packet capturing?

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asked 07 Feb '14, 19:39

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It should be possible. I know for sure that it is possible to run multiple dumpcap processes on a single network card, e.g. for capturing data from the same link but with different capture filters.

answered 08 Feb '14, 03:39

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