I could not find documentation about iwi-firmware-kmod and things do not
work the way I expect them. If this is not the right place to ask this
question, please, point me to an appropriate mailing list or forum.
How do I use the ibbs and monitor mode with iwi-firmware-kmod (6.2-RC2)?
If I try to go to "mediaopt ibbs", I always get "Device not configured".
I would like to use kismet. My configuration file, which seemed to work
with iwi-firmware (6.1), contains
"source=radiotap_bsd_b,iwi0,iwikismet". I only ever got a few packages
with iwi-firmware (6.1), before it stopped working and sometimes
crashed. With iwi-firmware-kmod (6.2-RC2), Kismet always immediately
stops with a FATAL error, seemingly because promiscuous mode is not
available.
If I manually load iwi_monitor, dmesg gives me
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_monitor
iwi0: could not load firmware
iwi0: promiscuous mode disabled
-- I guess I should not do that. Without manually loading iwi_monitor, I get
iwi0: could not allocate firmware DMA memory
iwi0: promiscuous mode disabled
-- something seems to be wrong here, too.
How are ibbs and monitor supposed to work? Should I manually load the
firmware or not? How do I invoke ibbs at all?
Trying to switch between bbs, ibbs, and monitor, I noticed a few oddities:
janh# ifconfig iwi0 down
janh# ifconfig iwi0 mediaopt ibbs
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured
janh# ifconfig iwi0 mediaopt monitor
janh# ifconfig iwi0 mediaopt bbs
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured
janh# ifconfig iwi0 -mediaopt monitor
janh# kldstat | grep iwi
30 1 0xc383a000 d000 if_iwi.ko
janh# kldload iwi_monitor
janh# kldstat | grep iwi
30 1 0xc383a000 d000 if_iwi.ko
32 1 0xc4843000 2f000 iwi_monitor.ko
janh# kldunload iwi_monitor
janh# kldstat | grep iwi
30 1 0xc383a000 d000 if_iwi.ko
janh# kldload iwi_bbs
kldload: can't load iwi_bbs: No such file or directory
janh# kldload iwi_ibbs
kldload: can't load iwi_ibbs: No such file or directory
janh# ls /boot/modules
iwi_bss.ko iwi_ibss.ko iwi_monitor.ko kqemu.ko linker.hints
Something is wrong here, I guess.
With iwi-firmware (6.1), I used to load the required firmware with
iwicontrol and set the mediaopt with ifconfig. Many reboots were
required to get back to a defined state. I had many crashes using
"ifconfig iwi0 [...]" even without ibbs or monitor mode involved. With
iwi-firmware-kmod (6.2-RC2), I had not a single crash, but sometimes
lost the bbs connection for a few seconds and I could not get ibbs and
monitor to work at all. I guess it is an improvement (stability over
functionality).
Oh, btw, is there any way to check the status of the radio button as
with "iwicontrol iwi0 -r" on 6.1? A change usually shows up at dmesg,
but I would like to get the current state.
Thanks
Jan Henrik
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