Re: dwepdump question

Scott Augustus <[email protected]> Sat, 02 Nov 2002 15:09:41 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.network.wireless.bsd.airtools
Message-ID <[email protected]>
A. Wright wrote:

>If I try to run 'dwepdump wi0 logfile' without changing any settings
>beforehand, I get this error "unable to open device for packet capture:
>BIOCSETIF: wi0: Network is down".  The only way I've gotten dwepdump to work
>is by running 2 commands first: 'ifconfig wi0 0.0.0.0' and then 'prism2ctl
>wi0 -m'.
>

No need to specify the ip address, all you need to do is bring the card up:
ifconfig wi0 up

>So why does ethereal and tcpdump show so many packets,
>but dwepdump will pick up nothing?  
>

What commands are you using with dwepdump?

~S~