How to switch to managed mode from monitor mode backtrack 3?

[donjuanzx9]

Hi,i have 4g eee pc and have windows installed with backtrack 3 on 2 gig sd card.Everything works great in windows and backtrack 3 ,only thing i can't seem to do is get my card back to managed mode in backtrack 3 so i can surf the net after doing testing.Ive tried a few scripts some long some short some work sometimes, some dont.I was wondering is there any pro's that can give me a short and sweet way to go back to managed mode? Thanks in advance for any help.

wifi card atheros AR5007EG same as all asus eee pc

[imported_=Tron=]

Have you tried the following command:

iwconfig interface mode managed

Just replace interface with the appropriate one, for example ath0.

[BlayzeX]

That method doesn't work... the easiset thing is to take out your pcmcia card adn re-insert it... unfortunately...

[imported_=Tron=]

That method doesn't work... the easiset thing is to take out your pcmcia card adn re-insert it... unfortunately...

I see, well a rmmod & modprobe on the appropriate driver should at least achieve the same result as unplugging and re-inserting the pcmcia card. Not the most convenient way either, but at least a bit easier than actually having to physically rip the card out each time.

[hawaii67]

That should do the job too:

# pccardctl eject
# pccardctl insert

[thomaspu]

What kind of a chipset is on the wireless card you are trying to use? If its a atheros chipset using madwifi, then you need to run:

wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode managed
ifconfig ath0 up

And now ath0 is in managed mode. Unfortunately doing:
iwconfig ath0 mode managed
doesn't work with the madwifi driver thats on the BT3 cd as we found out.

Paul

[donjuanzx9]

This looks short and sweet i will try it and get back to you....thanks.

[donjuanzx9]

i have tested your answers and thomaspu is the only one that works i guess maybe because the card is internel and not a pci card:

wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode managed
ifconfig ath0 up


i found this worked but had extra lines that were not needed:

wlanconfig ath0 destroy
ifconfig wifi0 down
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode managed
ifconfig ath0 up
ifconfig wifi0 up

thanks goes out to : hawaii67,Tron,BlayzeX and especially thomaspu you guys are great !

[Decubal]

[QUOTE=donjuanzx9;91316]
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode managed
ifconfig ath0 up
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Worked great for me Cheers!