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Enabling monitor mode with orinoco_cs (v. 0.15)


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Do I need to patch the source and recompile the kernel to get monitor mode in orinoco? According to The Latest News & Updates page of the Linux ORiNOCO Driver site, version 0.15 contains "Monitor mode support" but when I go to enable monitor mode, iwconfig complains:

 

[epretorious@localhost Desktop]$ uname -r
2.6.17-5mdv
[epretorious@localhost Desktop]$ rpm -q kernel-2.6.17.5mdv
kernel-2.6.17.5mdv-1-1mdv2007.0
[epretorious@localhost Desktop]$ /sbin/pccardctl info
PRODID_1="Lucent Technologies"
PRODID_2="WaveLAN/IEEE"
PRODID_3="Version 01.01"
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0002
FUNCID=6

 

Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff: excluding 0xd0000000-0xd7ffffff
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa8400000-0xb7ffffff: excluding 0xa8400000-0xa8bfffff 0xa9c00000-0xac3fffff
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: Using interface eth3/00:02:2D:B5:8A:E0 with driver <orinoco> (version: 0.15)
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Apr 19 22:41:56 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
Apr 19 22:41:57 localhost kernel: eth3: New link status: Connected (0001)
Apr 19 22:41:57 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: Link beat detected.
Apr 19 22:41:58 localhost ifplugd(eth3)[7984]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth3 up'.

 

[root@localhost ifplugd]# /sbin/iwconfig eth3 mode monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth3; Operation not supported.

Why can't I set the card's mode to "monitor"?

 

FWIW: Monitor mode works for my Intel ipw2200 and my Prism 2-based pcmcia card.

 

 

[moved from Software by spinynorman]

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The kernel output from the BackTrack2 Live-CD is more verbose:

 

BT ~ # cardctl ident
Socket 0:
 product info: "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/IEEE", "Version 01.01", ""
 manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
 function: 6 (network)

BT ~ # dmesg | tail -20
pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
orinoco 0.15 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>, et al)
orinoco_cs 0.15 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>, Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>, et al)
eth2: Hardware identity 0001:0001:0004:0002
eth2: Station identity  001f:0001:0008:0034
eth2: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.52
eth2: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth2: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth2: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth2: MAC address 00:02:2D:B5:8A:E0
eth2: Station name "HERMES I"
eth2: ready
eth2: orinoco_cs at 0.0, irq 3, io 0x5100-0x513f
eth2: Monitor mode support is buggy in this firmware, not enabling
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready
eth2: New link status: Connected (0001)
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready
eth2: Monitor mode support is buggy in this firmware, not enabling
eth2: no IPv6 routers present
eth2: Monitor mode support is buggy in this firmware, not enabling

It appears that the firmware of my YDI Diamond (i.e., Orinoco Silver) card isn't supported: From The Latest News & Updates page of the Linux ORiNOCO Driver site ...

 

Changes compared with the latest stable release (0.13e):

 

* Scanning support.

* Monitor mode support (except Agere firmware 7.xx and 8.xx).

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