Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wlan0 promiscuous mode

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>>>>> Does anyone know how to put my USB wireless network adapter into
>>>>> promiscuous mode so I can see everything that's happening wirelessley
>>>>> on my network in wireshark?
>>>>>
>>>> ifconfig eth1 promisc
>>>>
>>>> But at least tcpdump puts the interface into promiscous mode
>>>> automatically, so there is a chance that wireshark does the same.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Another way is to use airmon-ng from the aircrack-ng package:
>>>
>>> airmon-ng start wlan0
>>>
>>
>> Thanks everyone.  I didn't realize it but monitor mode is what I'm
>> after.  aircrack-ng looks interesting too.  Is there something similar
>> with a GUI?  airsnort seems to be discontinued.  What is iw for?
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
> iwconfig is the command in the "wireless-tools" package to configure a
> wireless interface.

I'm sorry, I meant the "iw" package in portage.

- Grant