Re: unable to put wireless card in monitor mode

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 11:23 AM, yuva raj <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi,
>
> I am running Ubuntu 9.10. on Acer Aspire One with following card:
>
> Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network
> Adapter (rev 01)
>
> I have madwifi installed. I am trying to put the wlan0 interface to monitor
> mode. For that I wanted to issue the following commands:
>
> sudo wlanconfig wlan0 destroy
> sudo wlanconfig create wlan1 wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
> sudo wlan<x> up
>
> But, my first try resulted in
>
> laptop:~$ sudo wlanconfig wlan0 destroy
> wlanconfig: ioctl: Operation not supported
>
> Please suggest me necessary steps to put card in monitor mode.
>
> Thanks in advance
> uv.
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Hi,

You could try the following steps:

- sudo service network-manager stop
- sudo wlanconfig ath0 destroy
- sudo wlanconfig create ath0 wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
- sudo iwconfig ath0 channel x   # the channel that you want to monitor
- sudo iwconfig ath0 essid "...."  # the name of the network that you want
to monitor
- sudo ifconfig ath0 up

Now your card should work in monitor mode..

Hope this helps.

Regards,
-- 
Mohammad

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