[Data capture\Monitor mode in windows XP ?]

Thanks for the quick reply Digip,

Ive been looking into sidejacking with Ferret & Hamster but could not get these to run under backtrack hence my attempts to get windows to comply !

I think I will stick with Backtrack and do a lot more reading.

Cheers

[Data capture\Monitor mode in windows XP ?]

This is my first post so I just wanna start by saying well done to all the HAK5 team for an excellent technical resource...even with the beer Ads :o)

My mouse is all clicked out looking for answers so I thought I would post a question here [sorry in advance if Im being a total plank !]

My question is about data capture in windows :

I have a HP nc4000 laptop with a w400 wifi adapter built in - this has the atheros chipset

My OS is windows XP sp3

Using the USB version of backtrack3 I can successfully capture packets in wireshark so I know the wifi is compatable.

Do I need to find a madwifi driver for windows XP and then run a command to put it into monitor mode or will I have to go and buy an AirPcap usb adapter so that I can capture in a windows enviroment?