From: Daniele C. <leg...@us...> - 2010-02-16 00:09:01
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ipw2100-devel] Monitor mode in intel 4965 From: Dani Camps <dan...@ya...> To: ipw...@li... 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) : > SET 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, - -- Daniele C. > I am not sure which wireless drivers I am using, the (I think) relevant modules that appear doing an lsmodpci are: > > iwlagn 109052 0 > iwlcore 112796 1 iwlagn > mac80211 181140 2 iwlagn,iwlcore > led_class 4096 2 iwlcore,thinkpad_acpi > cfg80211 93052 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLeeIbAAoJEON28As9epPAjjEH/jCX3CU/WzCoFCcAzTRvmUDa 63RqgvSk5NY8pZfLZhvM+j9n99dw6GlLjF8t4yJAdrdboBiXEoLcWumu22fIPNcG agx+dYJl8o3G6N7kFVltYd7VAljVvYhkLQLeSFeYlu6XKDKqu4Rr8LkbnvSXEzkf THOaOe+YlC6gIRt5IXcOmkV5kyAWsDAwykCtk/10TJXWvhBLeq2qJRK5e3ojrDwk KjkIxhI24Gy5MWmh3Yts6y4buBAEy2K/CVGtZUMs7MelayzbO8vOeOjW6/DLMOTh +9UBPz9w7THMrtZgR8caTkpHoq5x1iS4NQWFVYrvLb5s3IVHsWL7k/wfovW7kxg= =sBuY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |