superplay Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 After 12 hours on the task solid, I have managed to install my wireless NIC to Mandriva 2006 using linuxant. The goal is to use airodump to audit wireless points. The tutorial which I have says to put the NIC into monitoring mode using the command iwconfig eth1 mode monitor however when I enter this command as room (my wireless nic is eth1) the following error is shown Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device etch1 ; Invalid argument Help! Cheers SuperPlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 (edited) Try su -c "ifdown eth0" before... Many systems aren't happy when multiple network interfaces are running and no specific resolv rules are set. Edited January 7, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superplay Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Hi scarecrow Thanks for the reply, however I still have the issue. I have also set the other nic not to start on boot. SuperPlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 (edited) Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device etch1 ; Invalid argument <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I hope etch1 in the last line is a typo... As for the first line, I get a similar error occasionally (may be with a different error code). I don't know what causes this error, but usually it disappears after full shutdown. Apparently, the full shutdown/cold start sequence flashes something on the card or controller. The error is very seldom occurring, I never bothered to see if it can be fixed.... I use driverloader from Linuxant, by the way. Edited January 7, 2006 by coverup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superplay Posted January 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 I have loaned another card this time a DLINK DWL-650+ installed the drivers etc Guess what! The same bloody error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superplay Posted January 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Can someone confirm if the command "iwconfig eth1 mode monitor" works with Mandriva 2006 Free? I am using PCCARD by the way. SuperPlay I have been working on this for soooooooooo long my hair looks like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaraeez Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 Hi to check if your driver supports monitor mode do the following: [root@whatever]:/home/anindya>iwpriv eth1 eth1 Available private ioctl : force_reset (8BE0) : set 0 & get 0 card_reset (8BE1) : set 0 & get 0 set_port3 (8BE2) : set 1 int & get 0 get_port3 (8BE3) : set 0 & get 1 int set_preamble (8BE4) : set 1 int & get 0 get_preamble (8BE5) : set 0 & get 1 int set_ibssport (8BE6) : set 1 int & get 0 get_ibssport (8BE7) : set 0 & get 1 int monitor (8BE8) : set 2 int & get 0 dump_recs (8BFF) : set 0 & get 0 Basically if you don't see monitor in this list, you'll need to patch your driver or get another one. To enable monitor mode manually (I looked at the kismet_monitor program to get this): /sbin/iwpriv $DEVICE monitor 1 $CHANNEL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superplay Posted January 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hi Jaraeez Thank you for you reply. I ran iwpriv eth1 and it returded something like "No Available private ioctl" I am going to attempt to compile the latest ndiswrapper to see if it is Driverloader causing the issue. If not I will buy another wireless nic. Cheers SuperPlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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