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Old 06-04-2018, 10:44 AM   #1
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hi everyone,
i am trying to turn the interface wlan1 into mode monitor and i get this error message.
does anyone know what's the issue?


# iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan1 ; Invalid argument.
 
Old 06-06-2018, 02:25 AM   #2
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Often some modes are simply not implemented in the driver. That seems to be your problem.
Managed is usually put there first, and some server mode.
 
  


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