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Re:Packet capturing on Windows with netsh by jmsguy on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @05:37PM (#9147883)
Not unless (a) your PC is routing traffic or (b) your PC is connected to a hub vs. a switch [1].

Unless one of these things is happening (even if your card is in promiscuous mode), those packets won't make it into your machine.

[1] http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/router...

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Re:Packet capturing on Windows with netsh by whoopdedo on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @10:32PM (#9149078)
What about wireless traffic?
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Re:Packet capturing on Windows with netsh by dr_zoidberg on Thursday March 05, 2015 @08:45AM (#9150670)
Wireless cards can be put in promiscuous mode, and you'll see the packets that reach your computer, but maybe not all the traffic of the wireless network - this is known as the hidden node problem[1].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_node_problem

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