Am Donnerstag, den 23.03.2006, 15:38 +0100 schrieb maximilian attems: > > the ipw2200 module in the kernel doesn't have the monitor mode enabled. > > this needs newer firmware and the fixes which went in after 2.6.16.
The monitor mode doesn't need newer firmware. Its available since 2.2
firmware: ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw
"May 17 2005 Changes in 1.0.4
...
-Updated the firmware requirement from 2.2 to 2.3 which supports monitor
mode.
..."
So the ipw220 v 1.0.8 in the kernel is enough.
Its just the addition "CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR=y" to the config and:
--- linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig.orig 2006-03-23
15:26:29.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig 2006-03-23 15:23:27.000000000
+0100
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@
say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
will be called ipw2200.ko.
+config IPW2200_MONITOR
+ bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
+ depends on IPW2200
+ ---help---
+ Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2200 driver.
+ With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
+ promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
+ mode, no packets can be sent.
+
config IPW2200_DEBUG
bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
depends on IPW2200
--8<--
Isn't it possible to get this into a 2.6.16 upload?
> > Is it a upstream bug?
>
> will be enabled in 2.6.17.
Ah, I looked into patch-2.6.16-git6 and the Kconfig addition is there.
thx.
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