Re: Kismet at76c503-rfmd and rfmon? Is it possible?

> > Hello all,
> >
> > Is it possible to get the wlan0 interface with the at76c503-rfmd driver
> > in rfmon mode for Kismet. If yes, what is the command.
> > The Kismet documentation specifies something about atmel-usb being
> > supported but I am not sure how this is related to the ipaq.
>
> There is a line of code in one of the ioctls that says:
> /* needed for Kismet, orinoco mode */
> { PRIV_IOCTL_SET_MONITOR_MODE,
> IW_PRIV_TYPE_INT | IW_PRIV_SIZE_FIXED | 2, 0,
> "monitor"}, /* param1: monitor mode: 0 (off),
> 1 (on,Prism header),
> 2 (on, no Prism header)
> param2: channel (to start scan at) */
>
> I would try that and see what happens. I mean try:
> iwpriv monitor <something>
> kismet
>
> Definitely let us know if you get anywhere or not.

iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor

works certainly. and later shows mode monitor. I were waiting for a report
about kismet - for me it started and later (a few seconds) died because
of the terminal settings. I were running it remotely so this was probably
the cause. I hadn't had time to check it any further

best regards
Konrad Karczewski
Received on Wed Feb 02 2005 - 10:25:56 EST