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Why can't the traffic just be passively captured from the same wifi network that you computer is connected to? Why is the network bridge needed?

• there 17y ago
  most wireless network card firmwares/drivers will only pass down traffic destined for its own mac address (or broadcast frames) even in promiscuous mode.
• eli 17y ago
  It can be. It's just a bit harder to set up and definitely more error prone.