Package: aircrack-ng Version: 1:1.1-5 Severity: normal Dear Debian folks,
trying Aircrack-ng on a Debian Eee PC 701 4G with the following WLAN device
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x /
AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
and the following module
$ sudo modinfo ath5k
filename:
/lib/modules/3.2.0-3-686-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
license: Dual BSD/GPL
description: Support for 5xxx series of Atheros 802.11 wireless LAN
cards.
author: Nick Kossifidis
author: Jiri Slaby
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Dsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Csv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd0000001Asv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000019sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000018sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000017sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000015sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00001014sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v000010B7d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000A727d00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000013sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000012sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000011sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000007sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v0000168Cd00000207sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
depends: mac80211,cfg80211,ath
intree: Y
vermagic: 3.2.0-3-686-pae SMP mod_unload modversions 686
parm: nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (bool)
parm: all_channels:Expose all channels the device can use.
(bool)
parm: fastchanswitch:Enable fast channel switching for
AR2413/AR5413 radios. (bool)
`airodump-ng` show negative signal levels (PWR) [1].
This seems to be a know problem with drivers based on the new mac80211
stack [2]. It is written in the Wiki that aircrack-ng v1.0-rc2 fixes
this issue which does not seem to be the case though.
Thanks,
Paul
[1]
http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=airodump-ng#what_s_the_meaning_of_the_fields_displayed_by_airodump-ng
[2] http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=mac80211#power_readings_are_way_off
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages aircrack-ng depends on:
ii iw 3.4-1
ii libc6 2.13-13
ii libgcrypt11 1.4.6-8
ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.7-2
ii wireless-tools 30~pre9-8
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.7.dfsg-13
Versions of packages aircrack-ng recommends:
ii wget 1.13.4-3
aircrack-ng suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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