Re: 802.11/monitor mode (Was: Re: 802.11B and libpcap)

["Michael H. Warfield" <mhw () wittsend com>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 12:37:14AM +0200, Robert van der Meulen wrote:
> Hi,

> Quoting Leif Sawyer (lsawyer () gci com):
> > ( Currently i've got a Raylink WLAN card, which is only 802.11, and I'd
> > like to get a new card which supports promisc and monitor mode (which
> > i'm sure this does, but how?, because you can use it as an AP) and
> > has capable drivers under linux.

> This is probably just a matter of time; orinoco cards (and i suspect
> practically any other 802.11 card) support monitor mode.
> Currently, the PrismII is popular, because it seems to be the only card
> having an implementation of the monitor mode command stuff in the standard
> linux kernel ;)

        ???

        I thought you had to apply patches to the Prism drivers in the
"standard linux kernel".  Which version of the kernel has these patches
"standard"?

        Patches are also available for the Cisco Aironet 340/450 (aka
aironet4500) cards.  Patches are not currently available for cards based
on the Lucent Chipset (Cabletron, Lucent WaveLAN, Lucent Orinoco) but
should be possible.

> Greets,
>       Robert
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