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ipw3945

Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG WLAN (802.11a/b/g) Injection Walkthrough

I've tested this on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon - x86 architecture - 32 Bit, but I don't see why it shouldn't work on other OS's.

You need a Internet Connection with your LAN Cabel.

Open a Terminal and type…

Pre requirements

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Installation

  • Install the modules and ucode
  • Blacklist ipwraw (so it's not automatically loaded at boot time)
wget http://dl.aircrack-ng.org/drivers/ipwraw-ng-2.3.4-04022008.tar.bz2
tar -xjf ipwraw-ng*
cd ipwraw-ng
make
sudo make install
sudo make install_ucode
echo "blacklist ipwraw" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/ipwraw
sudo depmod -ae

Use ipwraw-ng

  • Unload the ipw3945 module
  • Load ipwraw-ng

The device created will automatically be in monitor mode.

sudo modprobe -r ipw3945
sudo modprobe ipwraw

Configure your Wireless Card

The device name must not “eth1” it can be “wifi0” or what ever. You can see this with “iwconfig”.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Monitor  Channel=11  Bit Rate=1 Mb/s

You can use iwconfig to set the channel and rate and transfer power.

iwconfig eth1 channel 11 (on which you want to sniff)
iwconfig eth1 rate 1M (min=1M and max=54M)
iwconfig eth1 txpower 16 (min=-12 and max=16)

And when you're done,

sudo modprobe -r ipwraw
sudo modprobe ipw3945

At this point in time, this page is far from complete. In the interim, useful information will be included here. Also do a Forum Search for additional information.

Useful links:

Also consider using the Wifi-Way live CD instead.

ipw3945.1204971421.txt.gz · Last modified: 2008/03/08 11:17 by meex