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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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>>>>>> |
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>>>>>> ifconfig eth1 promisc |
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>>>>>> |
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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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>>>>>> |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Another way is to use airmon-ng from the aircrack-ng package: |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> airmon-ng start wlan0 |
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>>>> |
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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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>>> |
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>>> iw - show / manipulate wireless devices and their configuration |
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>>> |
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>>> Usage: iw [options] command |
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>>> Options: |
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>>> --debug enable netlink debugging |
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>>> --version show version |
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>>> Commands: |
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>>> help |
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>>> event |
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>>> list |
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>>> phy <phyname> info |
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>>> dev <devname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] |
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>>> phy <phyname> set channel <channel> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] |
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>>> dev <devname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] |
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>>> phy <phyname> set freq <freq> [HT20|HT40+|HT40-] |
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>>> phy <phyname> set name <new name> |
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>>> dev <devname> set meshid <meshid> |
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>>> dev <devname> set monitor <flag> [...] |
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>>> dev <devname> info |
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>>> dev <devname> del |
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>>> dev <devname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id |
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>>> <meshid>] [flags ...] |
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>>> phy <phyname> interface add <name> type <type> [mesh_id |
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>>> <meshid>] [flags ...] |
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>>> dev <devname> station dump |
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>>> dev <devname> station set <MAC address> plink_action <open|block> |
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>>> dev <devname> station del <MAC address> |
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>>> dev <devname> station get <MAC address> |
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>>> dev <devname> mpath dump |
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>>> dev <devname> mpath set <destination MAC address> next_hop |
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>>> <next hop MAC address> |
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>>> dev <devname> mpath new <destination MAC address> next_hop |
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>>> <next hop MAC address> |
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>>> dev <devname> mpath del <MAC address> |
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>>> dev <devname> mpath get <MAC address> |
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>>> reg set <ISO/IEC 3166-1 alpha2> |
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>>> dev <devname> get mesh_param <param> |
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>>> dev <devname> set mesh_param <param> <value> |
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>> |
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>> Are we talking about the same thing? |
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>> |
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>> iw: "nl80211 userspace tool for use with aircrack-ng" |
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>> |
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>> - Grant |
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> |
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> Yes, it was installed as a dep of aircrack-ng. |
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> |
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> Paul |
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I've got aircrack-ng installed and I get: |
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# emerge -pv iw |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "net-wireless/iw" have been masked. |
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!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request: |
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- net-wireless/iw-0.9.7 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) |
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- net-wireless/iw-0_p20080605 (masked by: ~amd64 keyword) |
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- Grant |
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