Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:13:14 +0200 From: Vladimir Botka <vbotka@gmail.com> To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: debugging a Wifi association problem Message-ID: <20190717231314.188da633@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190717185324.GB2379@c720-r342378> References: <20190717053826.GA3090@c720-r342378> <20190717090543.4e0ac69f@gmail.com> <20190717173532.GA3766@c720-r342378> <20190717202602.397ca542@gmail.com> <20190717185324.GB2379@c720-r342378>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, 17 Jul 2019 20:53:24 +0200 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote: > El día miércoles, julio 17, 2019 a las 08:26:02p. m. +0200, Vladimir Botka escribió: > > > > I installed wireshark-2.6.5_2 in my FreeBSD (CURRENT from December last > > > year). I tried to enable from > > > View --> [x] Wireless Toolbar > > > but this gives an error about "Failed to initialize ws80211" in the GUI > > > and I can not set the channel or Frequency. Is this not possible with > > > FreeBSD? > > > > FreeBSD is not needed to analyse the the problem. > > Use whatever system is able > > to set wifi card into the "monitor" mode and sniff the packets first. The > > link below is complete how to do it > > https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/WLAN > > When you got the data analyse it with wireshark. The captured data might grow > > fast. > > I only have FreeBSD laptops (and an older Ubuntu) and the question was > not if FreeBSD is needed, but if FreeBSD is *able* to capture Wifi. > Thanks > matthias Yes. FreeBSD is able to capture Wifi. Find below the link to the BSD chapter. https://wiki.wireshark.org/CaptureSetup/WLAN#A.2ABSD Cheers, -vlado [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEbaThuYKQgbbmDrVkkNGZEo7UTwEFAl0vj2oACgkQkNGZEo7U TwE+Uwf+Lgv9n9yzppl6cJadKUZBYn5Hetr8M70Xf+PlREk2MeSp8DGcQdf7RiRu /4zn7XldFkiT6h2FNqrJ16n48EyIN0PX6hD619/Hbd2oU4E/3yxGIcCHK8zyj58b pQ/RQha63GvoojRUyZn+n7S+XZ6LqiNIT4BH1b0z+hZ5FUchHov8Q+4KcWR8H5Tx LUqFfYHKPc4LOM1qnIZkMYCBFcnZJyVGfPl1DRqcHxVtwETXmNxmJJ+x4rq5BmyN SuRvxUwmskbRRm8de40XsSb7RIA46Y3oDoHuz77oOrH2a3bcwu01gtfj6MrPWWq+ Fj/DDbzfeCkEgCN8h3EkbeEmcW0JpA== =uQWP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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