Re: Promiscuous mode doesn't work on Intel 3945 wireless

Israel Ochoa wrote:
Is this a known limitation with this wireless card?


No.


Or is there a configuration trick I'm missing?


Yes.

But try with one of these distros:

Wifiway
http://www.wifiway.org/

Backtrack
http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/Main_Page


Enjoy.

Israel Ochoa

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Subject: Promiscuous mode doesn't work on Intel 3945 wireless

I am having trouble getting my laptop to go into promiscuous mode on its wireless connection.

It's a Dell Inspiron 640m with an Intel 3945abg wireless card.

Promiscuous mode doesn't work in either Windows XP or in Ubuntu linux (it's configured for dual booting). Using wireshark, if you try to use promiscuous mode to capture packets, it won't capture anything at all. It only captures packets if promiscuous mode is turned off.

Is this a known limitation with this wireless card? Or is there a configuration trick I'm missing?

Paul




In /etc/modprobe.conf:


alias wlan0 iwl3945
options iwl3945 disable_hw_scan=0


Source:
http://jczucco.blogspot.com/2008/01/wireless-intel-3945abg-no-fedora-8.html

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Jeronimo Zucco
LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute Certified
Núcleo de Processamento de Dados
Universidade de Caxias do Sul

http://jczucco.blogspot.com



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