On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 Bernhard Schmidt wrote: > Alexey Dokuchaev <da...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Not sure if this is a driver or ifconfig(8) problem, but after I -mediaopt > > monitor, ifconfig(8) still reports it in media line: > > > > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor> > > > > However, as I said, scan list gets populated, which suggests ifconfig(8) > > is getting something wrong. Doing -mediaopt monitor the second time > > "knocks" ifconfig(8) though. > > I can't reproduce that on my stable/7 setup, neither in 'UP' nor in 'DOWN' > state. Can you post the exact command sequence you've used? The output > differs though.. > > # ifconfig iwi0 mediaopt monitor > # ifconfig iwi0 up > # ifconfig iwi0 | grep media > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect (autoselect <monitor>) > # ifconfig iwi0 -mediaopt monitor > # ifconfig iwi0 | grep media > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
This scenario works. But try it out after aircrack-ng tools, which set (P)PROMISC mode on the card (and do not clear it after exit, but in my understanding this should not affect monitor mode and its indication, no?). ./danfe _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
