Re: 802.11 monitor mode changes coming

Quoting Sam Leffler <sam_at_errno.com>:

> The patch here:
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/monitor-20090518.patch
>
> has significant changes to monitor mode operation.  Most importantly it
> replaces DLT_IEEE802_11 support in net80211 by DLT_IEEE802_11_RADIO and
> removes the latter from the underlying device.  The upshot is that you
> can no longer do:
>
> tcpdump -i ath0
>
> instead you will now need a wlanX ifnet; e.g.
>
> ifconfig wlan create wlandev ath0 wlanmode monitor channel 6 up
> tcpdump -i wlan0 -y IEEE802_11_RADIO
>
> This addresses the longstanding issue that applications like kismet
> that want radiotap data needed to open two ifnets, one to receive data
> and one to do channel changes.  My main concern is whether losing
> DLT_IEEE802_11 support will affect any apps.  Those that depend on it
> should be easy to change; you just request a different DLT and strip
> the radiotap header from tap'd frames (or similar).
>
> In sweeping the drivers to do these changes I've made radiotap support
> more consistent and improved some drivers.  Drivers not tested so far:
> malo, ipw, wpi, and upgt.  I tested iwi and it appears broken in that
> no frames are rx'd but I'm not sure I'll look at it before 8.0.
>
> I plan to commit these changes by the end of the week.
>
>    Sam


Thanks, this should improve operability of aircrack-ng, too.
I will try this tomorrow.