On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > 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? >> >> iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration >> >> Usage: iw [options] command >> Options: >> --debug enable netlink debugging >> --version show version >> Commands: >> help >> event >> list >> phy <phyname> info >> dev <devname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >> phy <phyname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >> dev <devname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >> phy <phyname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] >> phy <phyname> set name <new name> >> dev <devname> set meshid <meshid> >> dev <devname> set monitor <flag> [...] >> dev <devname> info >> dev <devname> del >> dev <devname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id >> <meshid>] [flags ...] >> phy <phyname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id >> <meshid>] [flags ...] >> dev <devname> station dump >> dev <devname> station set <MAC address> plink_action <open|block> >> dev <devname> station del <MAC address> >> dev <devname> station get <MAC address> >> dev <devname> mpath dump >> dev <devname> mpath set <destination MAC address> next_hop >> <next hop MAC address> >> dev <devname> mpath new <destination MAC address> next_hop >> <next hop MAC address> >> dev <devname> mpath del <MAC address> >> dev <devname> mpath get <MAC address> >> reg set <ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2> >> dev <devname> get mesh_param <param> >> dev <devname> set mesh_param <param> <value> > > Are we talking about the same thing? > > iw: "nl80211 userspace tool for use with aircrack-ng" > > - Grant
Yes, it was installed as a dep of aircrack-ng. Paul
