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From: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz>
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Michal Mertl wrote:
> Brad Schonhorst wrote:
> > I have been using an iBook since OS X came about but recently decided it
> > was time to give BSD a try.  I picked up a new TINY Fujitsu P7010 and now
> > have it running FreeBSD 6 - current circa July
> > 
> > Wireless support was obviously a must for the laptop ( hence running
> > CURRENT to get support for my Atheros card. )  As someone new to BSD
> > wireless I was wondering if you guys could share with me some of your
> > favorite tools for wireless use.  I have been somewhat frustrated with the
> > steps I currently take to discover new wireless access points.
> > 
> > To get wireless access:
> > 
> > 1) Run Kismet, find some SSIDs that are open
> > 2) Reboot!  I can't seem to get my card out of Promisc mode otherwise
> 
> You can control promiscuous mode of a running card with ifconfig ath0
> [-]promisc. The card may end up also in monitor mode. You can disable
> monitor mode with ifconfig ath0 mediaopt -monitor.

I've just noticed I wrote the second command wrongly - it's 'ifconfig
ath0 -mediaopt monitor'.

Michal