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Even thought not connected to the wireless router? Is there an open source program that can do this. I know of several programs that capture packets, but you actually have to be connected to the wireless router.. When i say connected i’m not mean physically i mean connecting by putting the wep or wap key. I want to capture packets from my laptop.

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