Re: Monitor mode in intel 4965

Dear Daniele,

Yes the RF killswitch is on. This is the logs I get in dmesg:


$ dmesg | grep iwl
[   79.894178] iwlagn: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN driver for Linux, 1.=
3.27k
[   79.894180] iwlagn: Copyright(c) 2003-2009 Intel Corporation
[   79.894283] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ=
 17
[   79.894298] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
[   79.894353] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965A=
GN REV=3D0x4
[   79.947732] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 19 802.1=
1a channels
[   79.947843] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: irq 32 for MSI/MSI-X
[   80.151672] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs'
[   80.208005] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-4965-2.uco=
de
[   80.375869] iwlagn 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 228.61.2.24
[   80.590246] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
[   80.590263] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
[   80.590278] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
[   80.590292] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX
[  661.371758] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::radio
[  661.371805] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::assoc
[  661.371847] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::RX
[  661.371887] Registered led device: iwl-phy0::TX


Best Regards

Daniel

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> De: Daniele C. <[email protected]>
> Asunto: Re: [Ipw2100-devel] Monitor mode in intel 4965
> Para: "Dani Camps" <[email protected]>
> CC: [email protected]
> Fecha: lunes, 15 de febrero, 2010 19:08
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> - -------- Original Message=A0 --------
> Subject: [Ipw2100-devel] Monitor mode in intel 4965
> From: Dani Camps <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Mon Feb 15 2010 20:45:15 GMT+0100 (CET)
> =

> > Dear all,
> > =

> > I am using kernel 2.6.31:
> > =

> > Linux n-0471 2.6.31-19-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan
> 28 01:26:53 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
> > =

> > And my wireless drivers are:
> > =

> > 03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation
> PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev
> 61)
> > =

> > The problem I have is that I get an error when I try
> to set the wireless card in monitor mode:
> > =

> > $sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> >=A0 =A0=A0=A0SET failed on device wlan0 ;
> Device or resource busy.
> > =

> Are you sure the firmware is loaded for your hardware? Is
> the RF killswitch active? Did you check messages on dmesg? =

> =

> Best regards,
> - --
> =A0 Daniele C.
> =

> > I am not sure which wireless drivers I am using, the
> (I think) relevant modules that appear doing an lsmodpci
> are:
> > =

> > iwlagn=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0 109052=A0 0 =

> > iwlcore=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0=A0=A0112796=A0 1 iwlagn
> > mac80211=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0 181140=A0 2 iwlagn,iwlcore
> > led_class=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0=A0=A04096=A0 2 iwlcore,thinkpad_acpi
> > cfg80211=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0
> =A0=A0=A093052=A0 3 iwlagn,iwlcore,mac80211
> > =

> > Reading the documentation from the mac8011 project it
> seems that monitor mode is not supported for this driver. If
> that is the case, are there any other drivers that support
> it? How could I use those instead of mac80211?
> > =

> > Best Regards
> > =

> > Daniel
> > =

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