>>>>>> 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 >>>> >>> I can't get that to work. I get: >>> >>> # airmon-ng start wlan0 >>> Interface Chipset Driver >>> wlan3 ath5k_pci - [phy0] >>> wlan0 Ralink 2573 USB rt73usb - [phy1]/usr/sbin/airmon-ng: >>> line 338: >>> /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/add_iface: No such file or directory >>> mon0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device >>> (monitor mode enabled on mon0) >>> >>> It looks like I'm supposed to have /sys/class/ieee80211/phy1/add_iface >>> which isn't there. I've tried with net.wlan0 started and stopped. >>> >>> - Grant >>> >> >> Your driver has to support monitor-mode. >> I am using an Atheros-based internal WiFi-card and an Alpha-USB-WiFi-device >> with Realtek-Chip. The drivers I used a while ago needed a patch to work with >> monitor-mode, but the recent drivers don't. Take a look at the driver-section >> on the aircrack-ng homepage. Maybe your driver needs to be patched. >> >> >> > I'm using the same chipset with the same driver (ath5_pci with phy0), > and my card can go into monitor mode. I'm wondering if you are using the > driver compiled into the kernel or madwifi-ng drivers.
Are you using AR2425? dmesg tells me: ath5k_pci 0000:04:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) ath5k_pci 0000:04:00.0: registered as 'phy0' ath5k phy0: Support for RF2425 is under development. ath5k phy0: Atheros AR2425 chip found (MAC: 0xe2, PHY: 0x70) but I can't get it to work yet. Not sure what's happening after "Backgrounding". - Grant
