Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:41:25 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Mark Moes <mark_moes@hotmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org" <freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alfa AWUS036H WiFi - driver not supporting AHDEMO mode for injection Message-ID: <CAJ-VmokZ%2Bv7PXCQgrrJnc_xxJBvy08uqrMjqZiJs9dZt9Hwgcg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <DUB119-W51AA3A7A7FE090A8120B0491630@phx.gbl> References: <DUB119-W51AA3A7A7FE090A8120B0491630@phx.gbl>
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Hi, * Please update to -HEAD first; I'd like to fix packet injection mode (which means making ahdemo mode) but I'd like to do this in -HEAD. * I don't know if the hardware supports raw frame injection. Maybe it does but the driver hasn't been updated yet. -adrian On 19 July 2013 13:48, Mark Moes <mark_moes@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all! > > Having just posted opened a thread about this on the FreeBSD forum, I'll more or less copy/paste that post in this mail. Thread: http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=227470 > - - - > > I have the "Alfa AWUS036h 802.11 b/g Long-Range USB Adapter" connected to my laptop which is running a FreeBSD 8.1 installation. The adapter is widely used for injecting wireless frames, which is my objective as well. > > I have set it up to use the urtw(4) driver (manpage) by loading the module at boot time. > > The output of `dmesg | grep urtw` is as follows: > > urtw0: <vendor 0x0bda product 0x8187, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2> on usbus7 > urtw0: unknown RTL8187L type: 0x8000000 > urtw0: rtl8187l rf rtl8225u hwrev none > > > That looks kinda strange, but the adapter works and I am able to successfully create a wlan0 interface and connect to my WPA2 secured network. > However, if I want to create a wlan0 interface (after destroying the previous one) that is usable for packet injection, this is what I get. > > `ifconfig wlan create wlandev urtw0 wlanmode ahdemo` > > urtw0: AHDEMO mode not supported # <-- this line is colored white as opposed to normal gray > ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Operation not supported > > > Is this mode simply not (yet) supported? > > > Cheers, > > Mark / asfdg > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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