On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Info[at]Giuppi <info@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a rtl8187B usb dongle, works pretty well with new driver rtl8187. > Thanks for the great job you're doing. > > The problem comes when I try to handle my WEP protected network in > monitor mode. > It becomes really slow in finding/showing the network and when it > appears in the list, no activity > is detected. I mean beacons or data remains at 0 in the airodump-ng > screen (from latest svn aircrack-ng suite) > > Everything works fine in managed mode and the network is easily detected > and i can connect too. > > I also have a rt73usb device and this one works as expected. > > I'm currently using ubuntu-backport modules but I've also tryed the > compat-wireless package dated 17 march > kernel version 2.6.27-13-generic > > -- > 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 > I am not familiar with aircrack-ng, but I believe it can be used with a modified version of the vendor rtl8187 driver, (and the aircrack-ng people hosts a modified version of the vendor driver on their web site). I have not actually looked at their modification so I have no idea what modification is required for aircrack-ng to work well, but I believe *some* adaptation is required? On a different issue - I think such adaptation are frown upon and will not make it into the standard kernel, due to its nature of typical usage in a controversal scenario. Maybe other wireless dev people, especially Herton and Larry, can advise. -- 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
