>>>> > 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
