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Hello Is anyone aware of any USB to Ethernet adapters whose chipset/Windows drivers can operate in promiscuous mode? I need to replace my aging brick of a laptop and my workplace has given me a choice between a cheap laptop with a screen resolution worse than my old one (old is 1280x1024 and new would be 1366x768) or a Microsoft Surface Pro. The Surface Pro has the highest screen res and is the most portable so I'd like to give that a go unfortunately it also has no ethernet port. Is promiscuous mode even that necessary for packet sniffing? A basic question I know but I've never had problems capturing what I've needed using whatever computer I've had to hand at the time. Thanks |
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I'm using these, and they work fine for me in promiscuous mode: I have to say I'm not owning a Surface Pro, but with my Win8.1 Ultrabook (which has no Ethernet ports) they work without a problem. Well that's interesting. I was originally looking at this device which is also by Anker: http://www.ianker.com/product/68ANHUB-U3E1A It uses Realtek's RTL8153 chipset. I got in touch with Realtek and asked the question and they replied saying no, it's not capable of running in promiscuous mode. I guess the device you've linked to uses a different ethernet chipset. Thanks
(04 Nov '15, 04:57)
llamatron
Very interesting - I have that exact USB3 hub, too, and just tested it - it works fine in promiscuous mode on my HP Switch SPAN port. Saw lots of traffic (with all protocol bindings disabled), so I'd say it works (using Wireshark 2.0.0rc2).
(04 Nov '15, 06:49)
Jasper ♦♦
I now also tested the other Anker adapter (with the aluminum body) - this one DOES NOT work!
(05 Nov '15, 04:15)
Jasper ♦♦
This one works for me:
I uses an Asix AX88179 chipset
(05 Nov '15, 08:41)
Kurt Knochner ♦
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