[Airo-linux-general] Re: [Aironet] Aironet in ANYBSS and AP mode?

[Peter K. L. <pk...@du...>]

darren wrote:

> Dear All,
> 
> I have asked this question before but somehow it was not posted (or did
> I miss it??)
> 
> 1) Does 'echo "Mode: y" >> /proc/driver/aironet/eth1/Config' really
> work?


Okay, I can attest to the validity of ANYBSS working.  ANYBSS mode was a 
crucial part in developing AirTraf, and when I ran AirTraf in an 
environment with multiple access points, I was able to pick up beacon 
frames of access points operating at different channels, although I 
don't quite remember whether those were of different SSID or not.  But I 
don't really think that should matter...  It would just not make sense 
why having different SSID would cause ANYBSS *not* to work, since to 
make that happen, you have to explicitly "cause" it to happen in the 
driver level (or firmware), and I don't see *any* benefit to having it 
operate that way.  So I assume that it works properly.


> 
> I have done this step and was able to go into "rfmon", but it does not
> seem to be picking up beacon frames other then those of the same SSID.
> Am I doing anything wrong here??
> 


First of all, if you are picking up beacon frames, and are able to 
extract the SSID info of the beacon frames, make sure you also pick up 
the channel info, because chances are, the access points share the same 
SSID.  Also, make sure you *Can* get the beacon frames of other access 
points, it might just well be that the signals are too weak for you to 
pick up.


> 2) Can I make a normal Aironet card work as an AP in linux?
>


Sorry I don't know anything about running aironet as an AP...

-Peter K. Lee