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IEEE 802.11 packet capture using java

Is there any java libraries which can be used to capture IEEE 802.11 frames [Wireless link layer frames]?

Solution

  • Unfortunately the java network interface doesn't directly expose the lower layers of the protocol so this is not possible in java at this time without resorting to native library gymnastics.

    jpcap does some of this for you, using PCAP native libraries.

    There's another project of the same name that does similar - jpcap and may be of use