Wireless Issue

[AlexTovar]

Hi again:

We have a Cisco Aironet wireless card installed in a portable with Sniffer Pro 4.7, ther problem is that this customer has a WEP generator server, and it seems Sniffer can't see all of them, only MAC addresses and Access points ( most of them as 0.0.0.0 ). Any workaround for this ? Have you ever seen something like this ?

Many thanks in advance.

Alex.

 

[AZeemeri]

Hmm,

Is the WEP generator server randomly generating new WEP keys?
I'm not sure on the workings of this tool/server so I cannot be sure of my answer but my initial guess is that either they need to define the same WEP key in tools-->options-->802.11 to get it decoded properly.
Can anyone explain what a WEP generator server is and how it serves?

 

[AlfSutherland]

Hi Alex, Andre

I believe what you mean by a "WEP Generator server", is that the encyption being used is dynamic, in that the main server (in charge is encryption) constantly changes the Wireless Encryption Protocol. I also believe the WEP keys used not only change with time, but are different at the same time for the various nodes/stations.

Therefore that is the reason you are only seeing MAC traffic info, (the MAC level isn't encrpyted).

Is there a work around? - I'm happy to be wrong but no there isn't. If there was, the wireless network wouldn't be secure.

Alf

 

[AlexTovar]

Well then, by the moment we are "doomed" ( as C3PO used to say ), let's think what we should tell the customer.

Thanks !

Alex.