From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUoMJ-00078I-QB for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:28:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B950AE07C9; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f20.google.com (mail-fx0-f20.google.com [209.85.220.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B3DE07C9 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 2009 20:28:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm13 with SMTP id 13so3434694fxm.10 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:28:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+nyg1fjAn/1kJKuXR+KJuRjf/CoX640PniJ+/utWqs0=; b=MlTbxaE2CzL4YHWqguvJGSgzvQjm2Tbaaqzq2UrX3jCpXLH9guEI91x/bF4+EUKJ7P UNjSS5t/C+Y1z3CXFubWGTW8ePFwycvuPjjYvEvvvuyDHf+u/dN86SaBD808cgs7KHw4 J3ShT+Z4FJiC3fe+VMWZbTMlJxzimhrtLOgac= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=N48Kkq+1GI6v/I2f1ueabdwm7W7UgWFsHi3XIhaQL/36DrgyoI099dgeVCYBUezaHN cGyPQ0MMHqFUeFHDjj8PlBVeWkgRnM0H5dAnk0qFwiayEO55aKx4X3XMmKPJS4FdIAxf iDTiq2bkCXWK5f+5EGBDfzk76KYrLOPkNN3vw= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.23.2 with SMTP id a2mr289478bkj.166.1233779309634; Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:28:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090204190701.e72212fb.nexenta@evil-monkey-in-my-closet.com> References: <49bf44f10901280900p33914cbci19ed49544757ee31@mail.gmail.com> <20090128204629.0ea80ad2.nexenta@evil-monkey-in-my-closet.com> <49bf44f10901282123w6d5af17bp41626a2ec01922a3@mail.gmail.com> <20090129134634.9bdeee2e.nexenta@evil-monkey-in-my-closet.com> <49bf44f10901291045q29f195dy6c7ac491ac58370d@mail.gmail.com> <58965d8a0901291229j25a4de28uddd5110fac6604f0@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f10901291405j2e08f4c5l84b0a87607583c74@mail.gmail.com> <20090130213423.8df900a4.nexenta@evil-monkey-in-my-closet.com> <49bf44f10901311451j631abb5dve80cb8e76b57e9e0@mail.gmail.com> <20090204190701.e72212fb.nexenta@evil-monkey-in-my-closet.com> Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:28:29 -0800 Message-ID: <49bf44f10902041228ib58b837q3351a7dedf4d93aa@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: wlan0 promiscuous mode From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4148262b-022e-40db-9263-71eb272fa73a X-Archives-Hash: 059625a0eb2e8deb639a1088552c6dbe >> 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