Help : having problems with changing wireless card to monitor mode : AIRSNORT

first of all i have a ATHEROS AR5001X+ wireless card and i have all my drivers, with madwifi and everything. Next my distrubution of linux is Slackware 9.1

i have a problem with changing my wifi to monitor mode. How do you do it?
this is what i have tried.

iwconfig ath0 mode 1 = failed
iwconfig ath0 mode 2 = managed mode
iwconfig ath0 mode 3 = master mode

iwconfig ath0 mode monitor = failed
iwconfig ath0 mode managed = works
iwconfig ath0 mode master = works

iwpriv : i tried messing around with this but didnt work.

Finally, the program i need to put my wifi card in wireless mode is Airsnort which for device im using ath0 and for drivers im using other


thanks ....

the wireless card stats are located here
http://www.atheros.com/pt/ar5001X+.html

by the way i could ad-hoc to work either

thanks

no one wants to help

Airsnort won't work with Atheros/madwifi (from what
I've read) --- a Prism card with Wlan_ng driver should work,
but I can't make that happen either (the wlan driver is
bugged out).

the sleepwalker

thx....well i have the card working now with airsnort but its not giving me a name do i need to patch my card with kismet ? help?

...

help plz

qbann
you either need to get new versions of madwifi, or fix the stuff you got

i have a atheros based card, Dlink DWL-G650 and i have used airsnort and got it to work


iwconfig ath0 mode monitor = Monitor mode
iwconfig ath0 mode monitor = Normal mode (put to this to use as normal, or to use kismet)

update your drivers and try it again, i ran that and now i'm in monitor mode....

Ok, a bit of a hint, i had to do some funny things to get airsnort to pick up my AP

First, you need the card to have a ssid assosiated with it, it doesn't have to be connected, just associated with something. Mine would not work if i didn't have a ssid associated with it.... no clue why....

so type: #iwconfig ath0 essid eggnog (or whatever ssid you want it)

start up airsnort
select ath0 as the network device
and "other" as driver type
select either scan or channel and hit start, it will start picking up packets.

ps. make sure you have a wep enabled ap in range

ok, i thought it would only scan channel 11... but i was wrong...

the program is just picky, sometimes you have to turn the card off or reset it

ifconfig ath0 down
ifconfig ath0 up

then:

iwconfig ath0 mode monitr

then try starting airsnort again.....
don't know why....anyways

where can i get a copy of those drivers? i go to madwifi but couldn't find it