Return-path: Received: from static-ip-62-75-166-246.inaddr.intergenia.de ([62.75.166.246]:41594 "EHLO vs166246.vserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756424AbXGJIvZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:51:25 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Stefan Schweizer Subject: Re: Monitor mode with RTL8187 Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:50:16 +0200 Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org References: <59abf66e0707091451p3913ba5enf35edd934840b3cb@mail.gmail.com> <4693176F.6070407@warmcat.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Message-Id: <200707101050.17043.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday 10 July 2007 10:07:02 Stefan Schweizer wrote: > Andy Green wrote: > > ifconfig wlan0 down > > > > Then after changing the mode, bring it up and set the channel. > > why can it not do that automatically when issueing the mode monitor command? > > Seems usability has not yet reached wireless configuration - where it is imo > much needed. ehm, setting the mode means setting the mode. Not bringing the device up, changing channels or something like that. The time where some wireless config commands magically trigger unrelated events (ESSID setting triggers assoc) is over, with the advent of cfg80211. And that is _good_. -- Greetings Michael.