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Fabby

00:11

Sucking up to the boss, huh? @Terrance @dessert

;-) :D

Good night everyone!!!

Terrance

@Fabby You know it! :D

@Fabby Goodnight! =)

3 hours later…

chili555

02:53

@terdon @Fabby @dessert @Terrence The missing link here that is not perhaps clear to all is that aircrack is supposed to change the wireless from Managed mode to Monitor mode. It can't do so if the hardware and driver don't support monitor mode. sudo iw list

Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor

The Broadcom STA driver, aka wl, does not. Hence the errors.

Journeyman Geek

@chili555 a lot of hardware dosen't do monitor mode...

Terrance

@chili555 Well, it happens all the time when people purchase systems with hardware that doesn't support certain things. Most of what I have ever used that mode for is work collecting data if any rogue wireless units are up. It is a pretty secure place, so that is the only time that they allow us to use Wifi in monitor mode.

Journeyman Geek

especially now - since you don't need it for AP mode

chili555

@JourneymanGeek Yes! I see the question here and elsewhere fairly regularly. Sometimes they ask if something can be done.

Terrance

The only confusion I am thinking is that the dupe in question was answered back in 2012 where we are in 2019. But I am thinking that they haven't changed it in 7 years.

chili555

03:00

Like what? Rewrite the proprietary driver??

Journeyman Geek

@chili555 more or less you need to buy a adaptor that supports it.

We have a site for things like that ;)

chili555

@Terrence I have heard of no change and when I ask to see sudo iw listt it still doesn't mention AP

Journeyman Geek

(hardware recs)

for some reason I think its firmware related too

chili555

Yes on both counts

Terrance

@chili555 Good point! Honestly, when I read your answers you really do seem to me that you know exactly what you are talking about. =)

chili555

03:03

Thanks for your kind words.

I try to explain carefully because there are a lot of new users and non-English speakers out there

Terrance

That is soooo true! It is hard to answer those questions with the language gap.

chili555

Thanks for your confidence, y'all! It is getting late here so I am going to say g'nite.

Terrance

Have a great night!

chili555

See y'all again soon. Bye.

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Fabby

22:52

@Mrlong2 Try this one first.

@chili555 I never argue with the master himself. If the master says "jump", the paddawan asks "How high?"

;-) :-)

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