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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wlan0 promiscuous mode
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>>>>>> > 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?
>>>
>>> iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration
>>>
>>> Usage: iw [options] command
>>> Options:
>>> --debug enable netlink debugging
>>> --version show version
>>> Commands:
>>> help
>>> event
>>> list
>>> phy <phyname> info
>>> dev <devname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
>>> phy <phyname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
>>> dev <devname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
>>> phy <phyname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-]
>>> phy <phyname> set name <new name>
>>> dev <devname> set meshid <meshid>
>>> dev <devname> set monitor <flag> [...]
>>> dev <devname> info
>>> dev <devname> del
>>> dev <devname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id
>>> <meshid>] [flags ...]
>>> phy <phyname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id
>>> <meshid>] [flags ...]
>>> dev <devname> station dump
>>> dev <devname> station set <MAC address> plink_action <open|block>
>>> dev <devname> station del <MAC address>
>>> dev <devname> station get <MAC address>
>>> dev <devname> mpath dump
>>> dev <devname> mpath set <destination MAC address> next_hop
>>> <next hop MAC address>
>>> dev <devname> mpath new <destination MAC address> next_hop
>>> <next hop MAC address>
>>> dev <devname> mpath del <MAC address>
>>> dev <devname> mpath get <MAC address>
>>> reg set <ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2>
>>> dev <devname> get mesh_param <param>
>>> dev <devname> set mesh_param <param> <value>
>>
>> Are we talking about the same thing?
>>
>> iw: "nl80211 userspace tool for use with aircrack-ng"
>>
>> - Grant
>
> Yes, it was installed as a dep of aircrack-ng.
>
> Paul
I've got aircrack-ng installed and I get:
# emerge -pv iw
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "net-wireless/iw" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- net-wireless/iw-0.9.7 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)
- net-wireless/iw-0_p20080605 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword)
- Grant