>>>>>> > Does anyone know how to put my USB wireless network adapter into >>>>>> > promiscuous mode so I can see everything that's happening wirelessley >>>>>> > on my network in wireshark? >>>>>> >>>>>> ifconfig eth1 promisc >>>>>> >>>>>> But at least tcpdump puts the interface into promiscous mode >>>>>> automatically, so there is a chance that wireshark does the same. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Another way is to use airmon-ng from the aircrack-ng package: >>>>> >>>>> airmon-ng start wlan0 >>>> >>>> Thanks everyone. I didn't realize it but monitor mode is what I'm >>>> after. aircrack-ng looks interesting too. Is there something similar >>>> with a GUI? airsnort seems to be discontinued. What is iw for? >>> >>> iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration >>> >>> Usage: iw [options] command >>> Options: >>> --debug enable netlink debugging >>> --version show version >>> Commands: >>> help >>> event >>> list >>> phy <phyname> info >>> dev <devname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >>> phy <phyname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >>> dev <devname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >>> phy <phyname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >>> phy <phyname> set name <new name> >>> dev <devname> set meshid <meshid> >>> dev <devname> set monitor <flag> [...] >>> dev <devname> info >>> dev <devname> del >>> dev <devname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id >>> <meshid>] [flags ...] >>> phy <phyname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id >>> <meshid>] [flags ...] >>> dev <devname> station dump >>> dev <devname> station set <MAC address> plink_action <open|block> >>> dev <devname> station del <MAC address> >>> dev <devname> station get <MAC address> >>> dev <devname> mpath dump >>> dev <devname> mpath set <destination MAC address> next_hop >>> <next hop MAC address> >>> dev <devname> mpath new <destination MAC address> next_hop >>> <next hop MAC address> >>> dev <devname> mpath del <MAC address> >>> dev <devname> mpath get <MAC address> >>> reg set <ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2> >>> dev <devname> get mesh_param <param> >>> dev <devname> set mesh_param <param> <value> >> >> Are we talking about the same thing? >> >> iw: "nl80211 userspace tool for use with aircrack-ng" >> >> - Grant > > Yes, it was installed as a dep of aircrack-ng. > > Paul
I've got aircrack-ng installed and I get: # emerge -pv iw These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! !!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "net-wireless/iw" have been masked. !!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: - net-wireless/iw-0.9.7 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) - net-wireless/iw-0_p20080605 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) - Grant
