On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 01:08:46PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > Javier, Holger, > > > Why not do it this way: > > > > "iwmode eth1 mode monitor" turn's the device into monitor mode. > > That's what by far the most drivers use. In this mode, the > > device will send all frames to the host, e.g. all beacon frames. > > After all, user space can filter: > > > > tshark -i rtap0 -R '!(wlan.fc.subtype == 8)' > > I suppose you really should be using cfg80211 to create and change the > mode of new interfaces (and allow only one monitor and/or one STA > interface). Then you actually get a sysfs file for free, and as a bonus > it's the same one mac80211 uses :) ACK -- John W. Linville linville@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
