From owner-freebsd-wireless@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 10 05:41:59 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30C6E106564A for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:41:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from adrian.chadd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B10818FC0A for ; Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:41:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so5277009wwc.31 for ; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:41:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=kaTCcCNF7ZVBDzb1xm0lcLfeFvO7yfnCwKXeL9Fbbe4=; b=jT89XAPyG3QkVJYiDCkK5tYgEB1/3GmRQYX3uyOw4XDarqpgFalESC5kmu+cPK6See KCMwe4EDqt/8DugO1z8Pkgk8beWPQlm8mb7+xt4XjdhM2hc5CUPHCbJR6jb0Hv9Q4T5g J2Db+cIyz9i+oeZVhbOg31hV0uc4yV4MsHAM8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=ldJk6jirqOy1Nv8WMfxg8c60HPm65oW1e/XgCVEbzCMqdtA0+X7iIbeGGwrimYiLM7 V6kjFxxD6v5883eaDALzd0fwkVwSqwN3tS9oq5yT8WLBubPx3mEyXzT6rxPqKrk/0iPA iukb69Xomg4KFK6tU5m5e3X3FZ4PoRzzWMYiY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.131.9 with SMTP id v9mr695669wbs.6.1302414117517; Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:41:57 -0700 (PDT) Sender: adrian.chadd@gmail.com Received: by 10.227.132.199 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Apr 2011 22:41:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:41:57 +0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jOJiQmnfglpOCG2Itl8Fpkdw1Qs Message-ID: From: Adrian Chadd To: =?windows-1251?B?y/7h7uzo8CDD8Ojj7vDu4g==?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: intel3945 ahdemo/monitor mode error "ifconfig: create: bad value" X-BeenThere: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussions of 802.11 stack, tools device driver development." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 05:41:59 -0000 Try this, just to ensure things are at least semi-working. # ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0 wlanmode monitor country # ifconfig wlan0 channel up # tcpdump -ni wlan0 -y IEEE802_11_RADIO See if it gives you traffic. I have no idea what "tap" interface airodump is using - I've only used tcpdump as above to do wireless sniffing. If that works, try the same in monitor mode with wpi instead of ath. Let me know how it goes. I remember Bernhard looking into ahdemo mode a while ago but I have no idea where it got to. Adrian 2011/4/10 =D0=9B=D1=8E=D0=B1=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=B8=D1=80 =D0=93=D1=80=D0=B8=D0= =B3=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BE=D0=B2 > very very strange... > > I put the atheros pcmcia in, I put in ahdemo mode... > > I run airodump-ng wlan0.... I was returned to # prompt > > however the card lights started blinking. Does this mean airodump isn't > working? In Linux it always showed realtime packet > capture. In this case, I just got kicked to bash shell again. > >