Works great!...except for the whole injection thing...
How to get Madwifi-ng (Atheros) drivers to work properly!
JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THESE DRIVERS DO NOT NEED PATCHING FOR MONITOR MODE!!
Oki.. I just got an Atheros a/b/g PCMCIA card (Phillips SNN6500 [Atheros 5212 I assume]), and struggeled a little getting it to work properly. Old drivers didn't work, so I grabbed the latest madwifi-ng ("-ng" = totally new code) CVS from madwifi.org, it was a little hard to find good information about usage (especially how to set it to monitor mode), so here is a short tutorial I made.
First, in a console, enter the dir you want to install the sources (will create a directory called madwifi-ng in the dir you're standing in when using the line below).
Type:
svn checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/trunk madwifi-ng
or without svn, download the latest archive from
http://snapshots.madwifi.org/madwifi-ng/
..and extract:
tar xzvf madwifi-ng-rxxxx-xxxxxxxx.tar.gz
(replace x'es with correct rev/date from the file downloaded, duh!)
After completon, cd to madwifi-ng (or whatever it is called after extraction).
Type:
make && make install
If you have ath0 device allready installed, just type:
rmmod -w ath_pci.ko
then type:
modprobe ath_pci (or enter the ath directory and type insmod ath_pci.ko).
now, you should have a wifi0 device when you check with ifconfig.. but that's not nearly enough.. to get ath0 up you must type this:
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
NB! If you get an error here saying:
wlanconfig: ioctl: Invalid argument
You have ath0 up allready, but to make it work right (just to be sure) do this:
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
and then (again, as above):
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
now it will work without errors messages.
Next step is to set essid, key and shit.. for open WLAN, just use:
iwconfig ath0 essid <your essid>
ifconfig ath0 up
now ath0 is up and running in station mode (also known as managed).
That's it, you now should have your Atheros based card working with the latest madwifi-ng drivers... now, more interresting.. how do we set this card in monitor mode? ath0raw IS NO LONGER USED (even if the readme says so, old info that will confuse people)! Just to make that clear.
Switching to monitor mode:
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
Explaination:
wifi0 is a "virtual device", and you can sort of link athX devices to this, even if you just have one card. Ie., instead of using "destroy" on ath0 above, you could have set the monitor mode up with ath1 and use that instead, the command would then be:
wlanconfig ath1 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
That's it.. have fun with madwifi-ng, DuxZ!
Works great!...except for the whole injection thing...
Didn't get to test the injection first.. bah.. heh.. anyway, it will hopefully be sorted in upcomming releases I assume (defenitly hope so).
the only problem i've run into with the ng driver is kismet support, no worky
This version of kismet does not support madwifi-ng...It is only supported by going to the download page and building via subversion.Originally Posted by enderst
http://www.kismetwireless.net/blog/i...1134328776.txt
problems here
hi there
i read throught your post, the man pages, the madwifi side and the slackware side and still have no idea what the hell could be the problem here ... (except, perhaps, for some driver incompatibility)
#make sniplet removed due to uber long text message
before i did the make command i shut down every interface for testing porpuses.
and here comes the problem ... as far as i understand the the install prozess should create an virtual interface (wifiN) for every physical interface in your laptop.Code:root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# make install sh scripts/find-madwifi-modules.sh /lib/modules/2.6.12.2 for i in ./ath_hal ./net80211 ath_rate/sample ./ath; do \ make -C $i install || exit 1; \ done make[1]: Entering directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath_hal' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net strip -S ath_hal.ko cp ath_hal.ko //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath_hal' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/net80211' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net for i in wlan.o wlan_wep.o wlan_tkip.o wlan_ccmp.o wlan_acl.o wlan_xauth.o wlan_scan_sta.o wlan_scan_ap.o; do \ f=`basename $i .o`; \ strip -S $f.ko; \ cp $f.ko //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net; \ done make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/net80211' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath_rate/sample' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net strip -S ath_rate_sample.ko cp ath_rate_sample.ko //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath_rate/sample' make[1]: Entering directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath' test -d //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net || mkdir -p //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net strip -S ath_pci.ko cp ath_pci.ko //lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/ath' (export MODULEPATH=/lib/modules/2.6.12.2/net; /sbin/depmod -ae) make -C ./tools install || exit 1 make[1]: Entering directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/tools' install -d /usr/local/bin for i in athstats 80211stats athkey athchans athctrl athdebug 80211debug wlanconfig; do \ install $i /usr/local/bin/$i; \ strip /usr/local/bin/$i; \ done install -d /usr/local/man/man8 install -m 0644 man/*.8 /usr/local/man/man8 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212/tools' root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# modprobe ath_pci root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# ifconfig ath0 up root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"ipw2100" Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate=0kb/s Tx-Power:off Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 eth1 no wireless extensions. sit0 no wireless extensions. ath0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447GHz Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Bit Rate:1Mb/s Tx-Power:50 dBm Sensitivity=0/3 Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0/94 Signal level:-95 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
every following command like
failes due to an error looking like thisCode:wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode ap/sta
i use the madwifi-ng driver from your link and did as shown above.Code:wlanconfig:ioctl: no such device
my laptop is an ibm t41 and an WG511T wlan adapter.
i would highly appreciate some help here please
Yeah.. you should have wifi0 there.... does it show up if you do a "ifconfig -a"?
Try:
ifconfig ath down
rmmod -w ath_pci
modprobe ath_pci
ifconfig -a
(see if wifi0 is listed there)
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta
(set essid + whatever you need with iwconfig)
ifconfig ath0 up
hi duxzero
i did this ~10 times in different orders ... so this is what happens if i follow exactly your order
after doing make & make install ....
hope you can bring some sense in my wifi0(=meaning)-less lifeCode:root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# ifconfig ath0 down root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# rmmod -w ath_pci root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# modprobe ath_pci root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# ifconfig -a ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:B5:24:E4:23 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:199 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Memory:e1020000-e1030000 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:9E:D9:59 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xe000 Memory:c0210000-c0210fff eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0D:60:5F:2C:B3 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Base address:0x8000 Memory:c0220000-c0240000 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) sit0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-31-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# wlanconfig ath0 destroy wlanconfig: ioctl: Operation not supported root@slax:~/driver/madwifi-ng-r1451-20060212# wlanconfig ath create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode sta wlanconfig: ioctl: No such device
kirmet
#edit_:
tried the last few version of madwifi driver just for fun ... no wifi0 either *sigh*
got it working now ...
had to unplug the wlan adapter during bootup
modprobe didnt work at all but insmod worked just fine
after that airmon.sh showed
ath0\t\unknown\t\tunknown (Monitor Mode Not Supported)
but with
wlanconfig ath0 destroy
everything worked just fine from this point on
at last after hours with the efficiency of a one-legged-goat i have a sexy wifi0
greez kirmet
This maybe of some intrest to someone.If someone trys this please report back.Working aireplay 2.41 madwifi-ng
Here's how to get that working :
1 - Download latest madwifi-ng cvs
(Do not patch!, it will, for the moment cause some speed issue when injecting but
they are working on a way to set rate speed at execution)
2- Apply the patch that comes with this post.
(Wont work anymore with madwifi-old, i was too lazy)
source: http://www.netstumbler.org/showthread.php?t=19063
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