#972: Monitor mode acts strange and doesnt work
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Reporter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: version 0.9.x - progressive
release candidate phase
Component: madwifi: driver | Version: trunk
Keywords: monitor | Patch_attached: 0
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Hi
The card is a DLink G510, which has Atheros 5005G. It connects to a WAP
router without any problem(using wpa_supplicant), but the monitor mode
acts strange and cant work at all.
{{{
madwifi # wlanconfig ath1 create nounit wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
ath1
madwifi # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"NetGear"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point:
00:14:6C:90:4B:F8
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:9C68-E5C5-140C-625C-85A7-503C-517E-43B3
Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality=7/94 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:1139 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ath135 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:""
Mode:Monitor Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=7/94 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
}}}
Please notice that the result of wlanconfig shows ath1 but I actually get
an ath135. The number keeps increasing each time when I add and then
destroy a monitor device(even after reboot)
after "ifconfig ath135 up", I run "airodump-ng ath135", the scan interface
appears but I cant get any AP shown.
If I add the module with
{{{
# modprobe ath_pci autocreate=monitor ath_debug=1
# airodump-ng ath0
}}}
this works fine and I can get the AP list, but adding a sta vap would fail
{{{
# wlanconfig ath1 create nounit wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
wlanconfig: ioctl: Input/output error
}}}
The system is gentoo linux on a dual-core amd(x86), kernel 2.6.18-r1. I
tried madwifi-ng 0.92 and lastest svn(r1758), same problem.
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Ticket URL: <http://madwifi.org/ticket/972>
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