On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Martin Dubuc <martind1111@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > John, > > I do not believe the script later in the thread will suffice. As far as I > can understand, the script will create one interface in monitor mode for > each wmasterX (which is good), but the system will also bring up one managed > mode interfaces in parallel for each wmasterX. In my use case, I only want > an interface of device type X to come up in monitor mode and I don't want a > managed mode interface created in parallel. > > I need to create multiple monitor interfaces on the same box because my > application dedicates interfaces for the capture of traffic on specific > channels. > > Martin Why is the existence of managed interfaces a problem? Unlike madwifi, mac80211 really supports multiple interfaces on one device. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
