>>>>> Does anyone know how to put my USB wireless network adapter into >>>>> promiscuous mode so I can see everything that's happening wirelessley >>>>> on my network in wireshark? >>>>> >>>> ifconfig eth1 promisc >>>> >>>> But at least tcpdump puts the interface into promiscous mode >>>> automatically, so there is a chance that wireshark does the same. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Another way is to use airmon-ng from the aircrack-ng package: >>> >>> airmon-ng start wlan0 >>> >> >> Thanks everyone. I didn't realize it but monitor mode is what I'm >> after. aircrack-ng looks interesting too. Is there something similar >> with a GUI? airsnort seems to be discontinued. What is iw for? >> >> - Grant >> >> > iwconfig is the command in the "wireless-tools" package to configure a > wireless interface.
I'm sorry, I meant the "iw" package in portage. - Grant
