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