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Madwifi-ng

 ifconfig ath0 down
 ifconfig wifi0 down
 svn -r 3406 checkout http://svn.madwifi.org/madwifi/trunk/ madwifi-ng
 wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/madwifi-ng-r3386v3.patch
 cd madwifi-ng
 patch -Np1 -i ../madwifi-ng-r3386v3.patch
 ./scripts/madwifi-unload
 make
 make install
 depmod -ae
 modprobe ath_pci


Notes:

  • The patch above must be applied to madwifi-ng r3386 or above.
  • The patch is designed to eliminate invalid retries.
  • At “make install”, you may be asked if you want to remove old modules, type 'r' to do it.
  • To determine which version of the madwifi-ng drivers you are currently using, enter “modinfo ath_pci”. This will provide the version number plus other information.
  • When using airmon-ng, specify wifiX as interface (or you can create manually a VAP in monitor mode with wlanconfig) and athX interface when you have to destroy it.
  • You should delete all existing VAP before before creating a VAP in monitor mode, using airmon-ng stop athX (replacing X with the interface number to delete).

Usage Tips

Support for Atheros 802.11b/g/n cards

Support for Atheros chipID 0x0024 (rev 01) 802.11b/g/n cards (AR5008).

The new cards are now (experimentally) supported in trunk. The above code will cause them to work!

Support for Atheros AR2425 (AR5007EG) chipset (including EEE PC)

These are relevant links on the madwifi-ng.org site:

The following links are tarballs already containing everything needed:

Troubleshooting Tips

Airodump-ng stalls

If you change the rate while capturing packets, airodump-ng will stall. There are two possible workarounds:

  • Set injecting before starting airodump-ng
  • Restart airodump-ng

Mini-PCI Problems

If you system contains a mini-PCI wireless card, there are some known issues and solutions. See the Madwifi-ng Mini-PCI page for a description of the known problems and solutions.

madwifi-ng.1209344220.txt.gz · Last modified: 2008/04/28 02:57 by mister_x