Or is there any USB adapter that acts exactly like a built-in wireless
adapter (uses NDIS miniport as the driver) and supports features like
monitor mode, channel setting, etc. So I can buy one for development.


Cheers,
Yang

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Yang Luo <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have switched to a new laptop as my workstation (the original one is
> inaccessable any more). The wireless card is:
> Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
>
> Unfortunately, I found I can't switch to monitor mode on this machine
> using my WlanHelper.exe tool.
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> C:\Windows\system32>wlanhelper wi-fi modes
> managed
>
> C:\Windows\system32>wlanhelper wi-fi mode monitor
> Error: SetWlanOperationMode::SetInterface error, error code = 50
> Failure
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> 50 means "*The request is not supported*".
>
> Does it mean that I can't enter monitor mode any more? I didn't google out
> any info that explicitly confirms that monitor mode is supported or not by
> this card. Does anyone know this?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Yang
>
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