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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= <netrolller.3d@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:50:44 +0100
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Subject: Re: good wlan: sniffer that does not need a windows machine ?
To: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
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2010/2/14 Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 07:46:04PM +0100, G?bor Stefanik wrote:
>> Monitoring in general works in almost all linux drivers (the Alfa
>> AWUS036H is perhaps the best for this purpose) - however, there is no
>> known way to monitor 802.11n packets on Linux (due to problems with
>> the mac80211 stack not passing 802.11n frames to monitor interfaces?).
>
> Known to whom? ;-) mac80211 passes 802.11n packet just fine to monitor
> interfaces and as an example, I'm using ath9k as a wireless sniffer for
> IEEE 802.11g/a/n. The radiotap headers may not show all parameters at
> this point, but there is ongoing work to extend that
>
>> Currently, the only way to sniff 802.11n packets is the AirPcap NX on
>> Windows.
>
> Yeah, right..

That was the last information I had - I didn't know someone has fixed
passing 802.11n frames to monitor interfaces.

BTW are A-MPDU frames also reported on monitor interfaces now?

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> Jouni Malinen ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?PGP id EFC895FA
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