Broadcom (BCM5755M)

[Mithrilhall]

I haven't found anything on this card. Is it safe to assume that 'monitor' mode is not supported?


lspci shows -
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

iwconfig shows -
IEEE 802.11bg ESID: "" Nickname: ""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate: 54 Mb/s Tx-Powerff
Retry min limit: 7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Power Managementmode: All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
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[lordplagueis]

I haven't found anything on this card. Is it safe to assume that 'monitor' mode is not supported?


lspci shows -
Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

iwconfig shows -
IEEE 802.11bg ESID: "" Nickname: ""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate: 54 Mb/s Tx-Powerff
Retry min limit: 7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Power Managementmode: All packets received
Link Quality=5/5 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
.......
......
....

type airmon-ng start wlan0 if it says monitor mode enabled then its supported if not you may need patched drivers if they exist for your card

[Mithrilhall]

I'm guessing I need a different card?

root@laptop:~# airmon-ng start eth1
Found 2 processes that could cause trouble.
If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after
a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them!

PID     Name
5932    dhclient
9809    wlassistant


Interface       Chipset         Driver

eth1            Unknown                 wl (monitor mode enabled)

root@laptop:~#
root@laptop:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Managementmode:All packets received
          Link Quality=5/5  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth2      no wireless extensions.

root@laptop:~#