troubleshooting
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troubleshooting [2009/03/22 19:32] – Centrino and zd1211 can inject, some broadcom can't inject (added link to b43 for that matter) hatake_kakashi | troubleshooting [2009/03/24 01:04] – Spelling fixes. netrolller3d | ||
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* Something is wrong with your card (firmware problem ?) | * Something is wrong with your card (firmware problem ?) | ||
* **By the way, beacons are just unencrypted announcement packets. They' | * **By the way, beacons are just unencrypted announcement packets. They' | ||
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===== I can't inject packets | ===== I can't inject packets | ||
- | As a reminder, you can't inject with a **Hermes, ACX1xx, Aironet, Marvell or [[http:// | + | As a reminder, you can't inject with a **Hermes, Aironet, |
- | Note: You can't inject with OpenWrt devices ([[http:// | + | Note: You can't inject with OpenWrt devices ([[http:// |
If your chipset supports injection, you can try the following: | If your chipset supports injection, you can try the following: | ||
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===== I've been unable to crack this AP ! ===== | ===== I've been unable to crack this AP ! ===== | ||
Shit happens. Last thing you can try is asking the key to the network owner ;) | Shit happens. Last thing you can try is asking the key to the network owner ;) | ||
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===== I have a Prism2 card, but airodump-ng / aireplay-ng doesn' | ===== I have a Prism2 card, but airodump-ng / aireplay-ng doesn' | ||
- | First step, make sure you aren't using the orinoco driver. If the interface name is wlan0, then the driver is HostAP or wlan-ng. However if the interface name is eth0 or eth1, then the driver is orinoco and you must disable the driver (use cardctl ident to know you card identifier, then edit / | + | First step, make sure you aren't using the orinoco driver. If the interface name is wlan0, then the driver is HostAP or wlan-ng. However if the interface name is eth0 or eth1, then the driver is orinoco and you must disable the driver (on 2.4 kernels, |
Also, it can be a firmware problem. Old firmwares have trouble with test mode 0x0A (used by the HostAP / wlan-ng injection patches), so make sure yours is up to date (see [[prism2_flashing|Prism2 flashing]] for instructions). The recommended station firmware version is 1.7.4. If it doesn' | Also, it can be a firmware problem. Old firmwares have trouble with test mode 0x0A (used by the HostAP / wlan-ng injection patches), so make sure yours is up to date (see [[prism2_flashing|Prism2 flashing]] for instructions). The recommended station firmware version is 1.7.4. If it doesn' | ||
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[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
- | ===== Why does my computer | + | |
+ | ===== Why does my computer | ||
See http:// | See http:// |
troubleshooting.txt · Last modified: 2009/05/04 00:20 by mister_x