On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 4:49 PM Samuel Sieb <sam...@sieb.net> wrote:
> > Where to look next ? > > I started this journey with a variety of web pages such as this one: > > > https://www.hackster.io/thatiotguy/enable-monitor-mode-in-tp-link-tl-wn722n-v2-v3-128fc6 > > It looks to me like they used an alternate driver to make that work. > It seems so, they were using a 'current' driver. Using modinfo, I see that both my F26 and F32 are using the same driver, v4.1.4_6773.20130222. Whereas the Monitor support was added to the driver circa Sep 2015. So Fedora has been shipping a (very out of date?) driver. > I'm not wedded to this USB adapter, I'd like to know which one would > > actually work > > in monitor mode, out of the box, with Fedora supplied drivers. > > It works with the Intel Centrino adapter in my laptop and also with the > two USB ones I tried. One was a really old Airlink 101 and the other > was a tiny, cheap one that I got online with some Realtek chip that uses > the rtl8192cu driver. The Airlink I couldn't switch to monitor mode > inside wireshark, I had to set it from the command line before for some > reason, but the others could be turned on by wireshark. > > Try using your built-in wifi adapter. > I did (as mentioned), and it didn't get me anywhere, (Intel 3165) I'll re-investigate though. > > P.S. Looking at the newer Wireshark, I still didn't see a 'monitor' > > > button. Perhaps it's because the wi-fi driver isn't supporting it? > > > > When you open the capture options dialog, you might need to scroll to > > the right to see the monitor checkbox. > > > > Nope, I tried sending a screen shot, but the mailing list is holding my > > message for moderation. > > If you grabbed the whole screen, it was probably too big. I've attached > a shot of just the area. > Yeah, that's what I see, except, I get dashes instead of the checkboxes. > There is a column in the table entitled Monitor Mode, but it's filled in > > with dashes. > > Just checking, is your user in the wireshark group? Do you even see > your network adapters in the list? > Yes
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