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From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Monitor mode not working for iwi(4) on 7.X
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On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 06:07:31PM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> Just to clear this up, iwi(4) can not support injection (see iwi_raw_xmit())
> unless you manage to hack firmware ...

Can you perhaps comment on this thread:

	http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=242556

At a glance it looks like guys use dummy interface for packet injection,
and I don't see they patch firmware in any way.  If it's not a hoax, I
wonder if similar techniques can be used under FreeBSD.

./danfe