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ipw3945 - mode monitor not working

Hey .. i hav just brought the HP laptop with INTEL 3945 wireless .... i hav installed FC 5 n intall ipw3945 driver .. now problem is i cant enable "mode monitor"

i m getting the following error

Code:

[root@localhost tmp]# iwconfig eth1 mode monitor

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :

SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

output of iwpriv
there is no mode available

Code:

[root@localhost tmp]# iwpriv

lo        no private ioctls.



eth0      no private ioctls.



eth1      Available private ioctls :

          set_power        (8BE0) : set  1 int  & get  0

          get_power        (8BE1) : set  0      & get  80 char

          set_mode        (8BE2) : set  1 int  & get  0

          get_mode        (8BE3) : set  0      & get  80 char

          set_preamble    (8BE4) : set  1 int  & get  0

          get_preamble    (8BE5) : set  0      & get  16 char

          reset            (8BE7) : set  0 int  & get  0



[root@localhost tmp]#

i m also getting some waring in iwconfig .. i hav absoultly no idea about it

Code:

[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]# iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.



eth0      no wireless extensions.



Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20

of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.

Some things may be broken...



eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any

          Mode:Managed  Frequency=nan kHz  Access Point: Not-Associated

          Bit Rate:0 kb/s  Tx-Power:15 dBm

          Retry limit:15  RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Power Management:off

          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:2  Missed beacon:0



[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]#

MY KERNEL version ..

Code:

[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]# uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17.8 #1 SMP Wed Aug 16 04:04:55 AST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost ipw3945-1.1.0]#

i dont know wat to do now .. i hav googled but couldnt find any solution

regards
Slack BABY

I typed two things into google. One was the name of your card. The other was the word monitor. Result NUMBER ONE. Was for this website, a previous post of a full tutorial for fedorah core 5 for monitor mode.

Perhaps you should try google again? Or at least forum search?

thankx Caeda ... but i hav already read tat post .. i hav tried the solution but still monitor mode aint working .. tats y i hav post my problem here ... btw i installed driver frm ipw3945.sourceforge.net

from the readme.
5.3.4. iwconfig mode

See iwconfig man page for general description.

Current modes supported: Ad-Hoc and Managed (Auto)
Current modes enabled but untested: Monitor
Current modes unsupported: Master, Repeater, Secondary.

maybe try asking on the list at sourceforge.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slack_baby

You must uncomment this " CONFIG_IPW3945_MONITOR=y" in the MAKEFILE before you compile the driver. It works.

ok, I'm at the point to uncomment " CONFIG_IPW3945_MONITOR=y" in the MAKEFILE before you compile the driver...but i have a cpl of questions before i do:

1) can make this chg and try kismet (or airodump) right away or do i need to compile after making this change? if this is the way to go, where is this makefile located?

2) if #1 cant be done, does that mean that i need to download, make the change, and then reinstall the ipw3945 driver?

thanks! :newbie: