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2011/10/28 Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 10/27/2011 05:00 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/27/2011 08:17 AM, Roman Proud wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi peops
>>>>
>>>> thx for all youre responses!
>>>>
>>>> Well i didnt really thought about g and n -.-
>>>>
>>>> Im using the latest 8192cu driver from Realtek now, it works just
>>>> fine. Also monitor mode works like a charm (yes if i use airmon-ng for
>>>> it). My Kernel is (now the default) Arch kernel, on Linux Version
>>>> 3.0.4
>>>>
>>>> My last problem is the Package injection. Im surprised you are
>>>> thinking it could work (ive found many resources that say something
>>>> different, but hey its an OpenSource driver ;)
>>>
>>> Well, I tested with Packetspammer and it worked. As in many cases, the
>>> resources that say otherwise are wrong.
>>>
>>>> Pls excuse my "stupidness" but im really not sure if i am using
>>>> "mac80211", i think so, its leaded in the System.
>>>
>>> The drivers for most devices without a hardware MAC use mac80211 and
>>> friends. In fact, it is a prerequisite for getting a driver included in
>>> the
>>> mainline drivers/net/wireless/ tree. If the driver implements its own MAC
>>> layer, then it resides in drivers/staging/. Yes, it is loaded on your
>>> system, and it handles a lot of things for the drivers that use it.
>>>
>>>> And yes its Aircrack im trying to work with, and its Aircrack which
>>>> tells me i cant use Packet Injection.
>>>> I will try Packetspammer as soon as i am at home. If this works i have
>>>> to contact Aircrack, am i right?
>>>
>>> If Aircrack adds the socket method used by Packetspammer, it will work
>>> with
>>> nearly every driver in the kernel that supports monitor mode. Whether
>>> they
>>> want to do that will be their decision, of course.
>>
>> As a former Aircrack developer, I can definitely state that Aircrack
>> uses the same injection method as packetspammer.
>>
>> However, Realtek's r8192cu driver will never support injection, and it
>> is not a mac80211 driver. Look for a driver whose module name begins
>> with "rtl" (not just "r"). AFAIK one is included in recent kernels.
>
> I accepted his word that Aircrack does not work. He is using the mac80211
> driver rtl8192cu, which was introduced in 2.6.39. The driver in
> drivers/staging/rtl8192u/ is for a different device.
>
> Larry

Didn't he say that he is using r8192cu downloaded from realtek.com.tw?

--Gábor
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