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troubleshooting [2006/11/19 17:03] – Network managers can also make airodump-ng stop capturing data mister_x | troubleshooting [2009/05/04 00:20] (current) – Update link to forum mister_x | ||
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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 **Centrino, | + | 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 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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===== Why aircrack-ng stalls while reading a .ivs file and does not start cracking ? ===== | ===== Why aircrack-ng stalls while reading a .ivs file and does not start cracking ? ===== | ||
Your .ivs file may have been corrupted if you used pcap2ivs. Read previous point. | Your .ivs file may have been corrupted if you used pcap2ivs. Read previous point. | ||
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===== Why does airodump-ng stop capturing packets after a few seconds ? ===== | ===== Why does airodump-ng stop capturing packets after a few seconds ? ===== | ||
[[http:// | [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Why does my computer lock up when injecting packets? Is there a solution? ==== | ||
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+ | See http:// |
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