Re: 802.11/monitor mode (Was: Re: 802.11B and libpcap)

[Robert van der Meulen <rvdm () cistron nl>]

Hi,

Quoting Michael H. Warfield (mhw () wittsend com):
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 12:37:14AM +0200, Robert van der Meulen wrote:
> > This is probably just a matter of time; orinoco cards (and i suspect
> > practically any other 802.11 card) support monitor mode.
> > Currently, the PrismII is popular, because it seems to be the only card
> > having an implementation of the monitor mode command stuff in the standard
> > linux kernel ;)
>       I thought you had to apply patches to the Prism drivers in the
> "standard linux kernel".  Which version of the kernel has these patches
> "standard"?
As far as i know, no patches are needed. I don't have a prismII based card,
so my information comes from reading kernelsource. The kernelsource i was
looking at, was something 2.4.7-ac11-ish.

>       Patches are also available for the Cisco Aironet 340/450 (aka
> aironet4500) cards.  Patches are not currently available for cards based
> on the Lucent Chipset (Cabletron, Lucent WaveLAN, Lucent Orinoco) but
> should be possible.
Correct me if i'm wrong, but iirc the Lucent cards use Hermes chipsets - i
don't know if Lucent owns the rights to that though ;)

Greets,
        Robert

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