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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2006 08:45:46 +0200
From:      guru@Sisis.de
To:        Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com>
Cc:        Gregers Petersen <gp.ioa@cbs.dk>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 6.0-REL && iwi && wistumbler2
Message-ID:  <20060409064546.GA1443@rebelion.Sisis.de>
In-Reply-To: <44381B9D.80608@errno.com>
References:  <20060407122442.GC10982@rebelion.Sisis.de> <44381755.3090705@cbs.dk> <44381B9D.80608@errno.com>

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El día Saturday, April 08, 2006 a las 01:22:53PM -0700, Sam Leffler escribió:

> The right solution is to use bpf to collect 802.11 frames either from 
> the 802.11 layer or from the driver.  At the 802.11 layer you get raw 
> frames.  At the driver layer you get much more info (rssi, channel, 
> etc.).  This is how kismet, ethereal, etc. work.  I've had patches to 
> dstumbler for several years to do this:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/~sam/dstumbler.tgz
> 
> Some cards require that you operate in monitor mode to get interesting 
> information.  I do not know wistumbler2 to know if it works like 
> this--but if it does then it can work with any wireless card that is 
> properly integrated into the system.

I've compiled and installed it, but 'dstumbler iwi0' freezes the
system;

	matthias



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