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

[Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>]

>> That all works great, the problem is it only works when net.wlan0 is
>> started.  I'm told I:
>>
>> "need to load the modules and setup the interface for your card"
>>
>> because that's probably what net.wlan0 does.  I tried to look through
>> net.wlan0 but I'm lost in there.  Any idea what I might need to do
>> that net.wlan0 usually does for me?
>>
>> - Grant
>
> net.wlan0 configures your interface. So, when switching back
> from monitor-mode to managed-mode, your setup for that
> interface is lost.
>
> You have to do something like:
>
> ath=wlan0
> iwconfig $ath channel 11
> iwconfig $ath essid 'my_essid'
> iwconfig $ath ap 05:1B:4F:22:XX:XX
> iwconfig $ath key mysecretkey open

managed mode works perfectly.  Here's my situation:

managed mode: perfect
monitor mode with net.wlan0 started: perfect
monitor mode with net.wlan0 stopped: no airodump-ng results

I'd like to get airodump-ng results without starting net.wlan0 for
situations when I don't have an AP to associate with.

- Grant