Does Dell laptop inspiron 1720 supports wifi in monitoring mode?

doraimom · 12-04-2008, 12:34 PM

Hi.
I want to use aircrack to crack a wireless network password, but I'm not sure if my wireless card supports monitoring mode. IN the tutorials I've read so far, they say centrino cards can't be put in monitoring mode.Since I wasn't able to find out what chipset my laptop has, i'm not sure I can do what I intend to do here.
Does anyone know?
Thanks

kilgoretrout · 12-05-2008, 04:48 PM

Probably not. Centrino labelled laptops all have intel wireless adapters and none of them support monitor mode. If you want to know for sure what hardware you have in your dell, get the service tag number off the bottom, go to dell's website on the support page and you will find a place to enter the service tag following which all your hardware will be itemized.

On dells, you have to pay extra for an intel wireless adapter or they stick in a "dell" brand which is a cheap broadcom based wireless adapter. None of those support monitor mode AFAIK. Some, but not all, atheros based cards support monitor mode.

doraimom · 12-05-2008, 04:59 PM

What I got at Dell's website was:

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Quantity Parts # Part Description
1 CF874 MOD,ADPT,AC,90W,LTON,PFC,WW
1 DF266 ASSY,ADPT,AC,90W,M07,ULD,LTON
1 FP438 BASE,NBK,CMER,T7500,2.2,1720
1 KX729 PRC,T7500,2.2,4MB,CMER,E1
1 HN123 SHIP,NBK,US,ENG,1720,DAO-MDS
1 01323 INFO,NO ITEM
1 DF771 CORD,PWR,125,1M,C7,2P,D,US
1 DT549 GDE,OWNR,1720,ENG
1 RT720 PLCMT,GETS,1720/1721,DAO/EMEA
1 YK181 GDE,PROD,INFO,CLNT,DAO/BCC
1 NR602 MOD-SRV,SW,INSP,1720
1 PM601 MOD,KYBD,101,US,ENG,G/Y,DAO
1 UW739 KYBD,101,US,ENG,S-PTG,ADRT
1 U3673 MOD,INFO,RABIT,INSP,D-SRS-PLUS
1 MY913 MOD,INFO,LCD,CVR,BLUE,CGSY
1 XD717 MOD,DIMM,2GB,667MHZ,2X1GB,512
1 Y9530 DIMM,1GB,667,128X64,8K,200
1 FP639 MOD,LCD,17WUXGA,TLF,SEC,G/Y
1 DY656 ASSY,CBL,PCB,LCD,GYGBT
1 GR433 LCD,17,WUXGA,VESA,TLF,SMSNG
1 TX354 MOD,ASSY,BASE,DISCRT,1720
1 2864D SCR,M3X3,KSH,MS,BLO
1 UK437 ASSY,BASE,NBK,DISCRT,1720
1 XK231 ASSY,CON,BTB,22P,GYGBT
1 XM252 MOD,CRD,GRPHC,NVIDIA,G84,256MB
1 DY445 CRD,GRPHC,NVIDIA,G84,256MB,#2
1 FT693 MOD,HD,160G,5.4,2ND,H080,INSP
1 WK210 HD,160G,SATA,9.5,5.4K,2.5,H080
1 HY213 MOD,HD,160,5.4,SATA,SA080,INSP
1 TX990 HD,160G,SATA,9.5,5.4,SA080
1 TP372 MOD,CARR,HD,2ND,LF,GYGBT
1 C7586 ASSY,CARR,HD,2,GYGBT
1 XK231 ASSY,CON,BTB,22P,GYGBT
1 JP927 MOD,SW,DELL-WELCOME, TLOB
1 NP562 MOD,SW,VHP32,INSP,ENG,DAO,NDD
1 UN078 MOD,SW,VSTA,HTML,GUIDE,WW
1 WR336 MOD,SW,VHP32,DVD,ENG,DAO
1 HX425 KIT,SW,OVPK,VHP32,A01,DVD,ENG
1 NX328 MOD,MEDIA,DVD,DRVR,RDVD,1720
1 WK528 MOD,SW,GOOGLE,SRCH,CSMR
1 FK244 MOD,SW,DT-ICLNR,DAO
1 XM544 MOD,SW,PC-RESTORE,TLOB
1 NX186 MOD,SW,DSPRT3.4,GTK
1 YK857 MOD,SW,MDRT,3.3,GILLIGAN
1 YX525 KIT,SW,MDRT,3.3,CD,GILLIGAN
1 MM281 MOD,SW,DSPRT-CTR,1.0
1 UM336 MOD,DVD+/-RW,HLDS,INSP,CGSY
1 FW733 ASSY,DVD+/-RW,8X,IDE,HLDS,CGSY
1 XM387 MOD,SW,RXO,CRTR,DE,9.0,TLOB
1 YY220 MOD,CRD,NTWK,4965,INSP,MOW1
1 MK933 CRD,WRLES,MCRD,4965,MOW1
1 UY392 MOD,INFO,LCD,CVR,WCMRA,CGSY
1 DK903 MOD,EARPHN,BUDS,NBK
1 FK454 KIT,EARPHN,BUDS,NBK
1 WR357 MOD,SW,MCAF,8,30DAY,ENG,XLOB
1 KN011 MOD,BTRY,PRI,85WHR,9C,PSNC
1 NR222 BTRY,PRI,85WHR,9C,LITH,PSNC
1 FT222 MOD,SW,AOL,FI,ENG,US
1 PR976 MOD,SW,ISP,ELNK,TA2006,DAO
1 WW281 MOD,SW,ISP,NZRO
1 KU312 MOD,SW,WKS,8.5,DAO,ENG
1 PN182 KIT,SW,WKS,8.5,ENG
1 9Y457 MOD,SW,SFTCON,QLX
1 MU827 MOD,CRD,NTWK,BLTH,355,VSTA,DAO
1 CW725 CRD,WRLES,INT,BLTH,355,VSTA
1 CU066 MOD,SW,YMJ,2.1,BSC,1MO,TRL,US
1 XN190 MOD,SW,DTSV,OL,ENG
1 XN278 MOD,SW,DTSV,OL,3GB,1YR-FREE
1 UW686 MOD,LCD,CVR,BLUE,W/CMRA,G/Y
1 DY693 BZL,PLSTC,LCD,WCMRA,BLUE,G/Y
1 PM027 ASSY,CMRA,2M,INTG,MIC,LTON,M08
1 DX476 MOD,LBL,INTEL,NBK,CMT,SRM
1 DR464 MOD,LBL,MS,VSTA,PREM,INSP
1 MY297 LBL,FASC,INTEL,CARTON
1 3W445 INFO, NOTEBOOK ORDER
1 CR681 SHP MTL,BOX,ACC,INSP,MOD
1 FN530 SHP MTL,BOX,NBK,MDS,17XX,INSP
1 NN230 SHP MTL,BAG,NBK,14.5X20,PLYFM
1 PK430 SHP MTL,EDCP,NBK,D+
1 UW049 LBL,REG,NBK,1720,DAO
1 57154 SRV,SW,FIST
1 58548 INFO,SW,UTILITY-PARTITION,10MB
1 8564U INFO,SW,DEFAULT,NTFS
1 DT245 SRV,DRVR,AUD,INSP,1720
1 DT246 SRV,SW,QIK-SET,INSP,1720
1 DT247 SRV,DRVR,TPAD,INSP,1720
1 DT248 SRV,DRVR,INTEL,GM,CS,INSP,1720
1 DT249 SRV,SW,RICOH,FLASH,INSP,1720
1 DT250 SRV,SW,PWR,MGMT,UTILITY,1720
1 DT251 SRV,DRVR,BCOM,LOM,INSP,1720
1 DT252 SRV,DIAG,BCOM,LOM,INSP,1720
1 DT253 SRV,HTML,BCOM,LOM,INSP,1720
1 HG095 SRV,SW,EDIAGS,NBK
1 JM634 SRV,OS,PRL-PEV
1 MP959 SRV,PTCH,BCOM,WRLES,CGSY
1 MR341 SRV,SW,INTEL,IMSM,DRVR,1720
1 PN003 SRV,SW,OWNR-MNL,1720
1 UK725 SRV,PTCH,INTEL,WRLES,G/GB,C/LG
1 WX530 SRV,OS,VISTA,Q934237
1 4270E SCR,M2X3,KSH,MS,BLO
1 63PDH SCR,M2.5X5,PHH,TF,BCS
1 UW316 CVR,SCR,MYLAR,INSP,CGSY
1 XF136 SCR,M2.5X4.2X5.0,SHLDR,MSCR,NP
1 XK383 BMPR,LCD,RBR,ASLVR,G/Y
1 3R690 SCR,2.5X8,#1- KSH,MSCR,CPS
1 4270E SCR,M2X3,KSH,MS,BLO
1 CT356 SRV,DRVR,MDC,1.5,CALO,INSPIRON
1 HY370 SRV,DIAG,MDC,CNXT,CALO,INSP
1 JP264 SRV,NWTG,MDC,1.5,CALO,INSPIRON
1 KU971 ASSY,CVR,HNG,PLSTC,1720
1 PM358 HTSNK,CPU,NBK,SRM,DISCRT,1720
1 TU479 SRV,HTML,MDC,1.5,CALO,INSPIRON
1 YK190 SRV,DLG,MDC,1.5,CALO,INSPIRON
1 FT340 SRV,SW,VID,NVIDIA,G84,256MB
1 WW418 SRV,SW,VID,NVIDIA,G84,HTML
1 63PDH SCR,M2.5X5,PHH,TF,BCS
1 HY806 SRV,SW,DELL-WELCOME,TLOB
1 UP051 SRV,SW,WLCM-CTR-CSTMS,TLOB
1 C5245 SRV,OS,SUN-JRE INSTALLER
1 CT097 SRV,OS,VISTA,FLASH,INSTALLER
1 KT945 SRV,OS,VISTA,Q933242
1 R0920 SRV,OS,DIRECT-X INSTALLER
1 RN840 SRV,OS,VISTA,Q936141
1 T2673 SRV,OS,OCA-MARKER
1 XJ967 SRV,OS,VHP32,ENG
1 YK196 LBL,COA,OS,VHP3/6,V#2007
1 UP839 SRV,HTML,GETS,VSTA,WW
1 GX937 KIT,MEDIA,DVD,DRVR,RDVD,1720
1 GW414 SRV,SW,GOOGLE,SRCH,CSMR
1 DK020 SRV,SW,ICLNR
1 YJ528 SRV,SW,SYSM-TRAY-CLNR
1 TX271 SRV,SW,VSTA,PC-RESTORE,ALL
1 XK947 SRV,SW,DSPRT 3.4,GTK
1 00009 INFO,GNRC,PN
1 CX446 SRV,SW,MDRT,3.3,PTCH
1 HX174 SRV,SW,MDRT,3.3,OS
1 UP113 SRV,SW,MDRT,3.3,GILLIGAN
1 RW400 SRV,SW,DSPRT-CTR,1.0
1 00009 INFO,GNRC,PN
1 CW662 SRV,SW,ROXIO,CREATOR,LE,9.0
1 JT786 SRV,SW,ROXIO,MYDVD,LE,9.0
1 NY889 KIT,CDSK,CRTR,MYDVD,9.0
1 YW651 SRV,SW,RXO,DRCT-DISC,9.0
1 YW655 SRV,SW,SNC,PACT,9.0
1 00009 INFO,GNRC,PN
1 GM486 LBL,REG,WRLES,4965,BLK,MOW1
1 GM492 SRV,HTML,WRLES,MCRD,INSP,M08
1 JW761 SRV,UTIL,WRLES,MCRD,INSP,M08
1 YY225 SRV,DRVR,WRLES,MCRD,INSP,M08
1 GM984 SRV,SW,MCAF,8,30DAY,ENG,WW
1 M8192 SRV,SW,MCAF-SCTY,UPDATES
1 WM870 SRV,SW,ISP,AOL9,US,VISTA
1 DY101 SRV,SW,ISP,ELNK,DAO,VISTA
1 NK646 SRV,SW,ISP,NZRO,8.7
1 JX901 SRV,SW,WKS,8.5,ENG
1 9Y453 SRV,SW,SFTCON,QLX
1 FK163 SRV,HTML,BLTH,355,NBK
1 FY771 LBL,REG,WRLES,BLTH,355,M08,DAO
1 GK101 SRV,DRVR,BLTH,355,NBK
1 XN569 SRV,SW,YMJ,2.1,US
1 DM762 SRV,SW,DTSV,OL,ENG
1 FP630 ASSY,CVR,BK,NBK,BLUE,G/Y
1 MP083 KIT,CDSK,APPL,INTG-CMRA,M08
1 PN749 SRV,SW,VISTA,INSP,W/PAPER,BLUE
1 RY628 SRV,DRVR,INTG-CMRA,M08
1 XW442 SRV,APPL,INTG-CMRA,M08
1 PK157 LBL,INTEL,NBK,CMT,SRM
1 MN483 LBL,MS,VSTA,PREM,SML

archtoad6 · 12-07-2008, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doraimom

O que obtive no site foi:

LQ Rules: Post in English.
Please edit you post & translate. Thanks.

Reported.

doraimom · 12-07-2008, 08:38 AM

My bad... I didn't even realized I messed up the language in my repply. But it's already fixxed. Sorry.

lwasserm · 12-07-2008, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kilgoretrout

Probably not. Centrino labelled laptops all have intel wireless adapters and none of them support monitor mode.

I can't say for certain about newer intel wifi adapters that use the iwl drivers, but my notebook has an IPW 2200bg card and monitor mode is supported with the ipw2200 driver.

There is, however, only limited support for these cards for using the patched drivers that allow packet injection.

doraimom · 12-07-2008, 10:05 AM

I was following a tutorial at aircrack webpage,and I copied a command to put the wifi card in monitoring mode. I got a message in the terminal saying it was in monitoring mode. The following commands didn't work saying the device was BUSY, like package injection and others, so I don't know if it's really working. Anyway, in my terminal it's saying the card is in monitoring mode. So I guess it can be put in that state.

lwasserm · 12-07-2008, 12:19 PM

When I last checked, packet injection was not working for intel wifi adapters. If the network is active with packets being exchanged between hosts, WEP can be cracked without injection. I have succesfully used the IPW2200 card with the stock ipw2200 driver to do so. It's just a matter of collecting enough data.

For the up-to-date info on cards, drivers, and patches it's probably best to check right on the aircrack-ng web site: http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php