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skioda86

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Registered: 2015-05-19

Posts: 13

wlan doesn't support monitor mode

Hi everybody, 
I'm new in the Arch's world and today I installed Arch on my MacBookAir 4.2 and I installed wifite but when I try to change the wl in "monitor mode" the wl crashes and I must restart the wl.

This is a my pc info with this commands:

uname -a
lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
lsusb
iwconfig
rfkill list all
lsmod

Linux Arch-MacOSX 4.0.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 18 06:43:19 CEST 2015 x86_64 GNU/Linux

02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4353] (rev 01)
	Subsystem: Apple Inc. AirPort Extreme [106b:00e9]
	Kernel driver in use: wl
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 05ac:8404 Apple, Inc. Internal Memory Card Reader
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0424:2513 Standard Microsystems Corp. 2.0 Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05ac:850a Apple, Inc. FaceTime Camera
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ac:024d Apple, Inc. Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (MacBook Air) (ISO)
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 05ac:821f Apple, Inc. Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2513 Standard Microsystems Corp. 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

wlp2s0    IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"cvsg1"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: 64:66:B3:2D:FF:BD   
          Bit Rate=52 Mb/s   Tx-Power=200 dBm   
          Retry short limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=33/70  Signal level=-77 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Module                  Size  Used by
nls_utf8               16384  0 
ntfs                  204800  0 
ppp_deflate            16384  0 
bsd_comp               16384  0 
ppp_async              20480  1 
crc_ccitt              16384  1 ppp_async
l2tp_ppp               24576  0 
l2tp_netlink           20480  1 l2tp_ppp
l2tp_core              32768  2 l2tp_ppp,l2tp_netlink
ip6_udp_tunnel         16384  1 l2tp_core
udp_tunnel             16384  1 l2tp_core
pppoe                  20480  0 
pppox                  16384  2 l2tp_ppp,pppoe
ppp_generic            32768  10 l2tp_ppp,pppoe,pppox,bsd_comp,ppp_async,ppp_deflate
slhc                   20480  1 ppp_generic
btusb                  40960  0 
bluetooth             442368  2 btusb
hid_generic            16384  0 
wl                   6303744  0 
coretemp               16384  0 
intel_rapl             20480  0 
hid_apple              16384  0 
iosf_mbi               16384  1 intel_rapl
x86_pkg_temp_thermal    16384  0 
intel_powerclamp       20480  0 
joydev                 20480  0 
kvm_intel             155648  0 
mousedev               20480  0 
kvm                   446464  1 kvm_intel
crct10dif_pclmul       16384  0 
nls_iso8859_1          16384  1 
crc32_pclmul           16384  0 
nls_cp437              20480  1 
crc32c_intel           24576  0 
i915                 1024000  8 
vfat                   24576  1 
fat                    65536  1 vfat
ghash_clmulni_intel    16384  0 
uvcvideo               86016  0 
usbhid                 49152  0 
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     53248  1 
hid                   110592  3 hid_generic,usbhid,hid_apple
bcm5974                20480  0 
applesmc               20480  0 
mac_hid                16384  0 
iTCO_wdt               16384  0 
evdev                  24576  13 
snd_hda_codec_cirrus    20480  1 
iTCO_vendor_support    16384  1 iTCO_wdt
videobuf2_vmalloc      16384  1 uvcvideo
led_class              16384  1 applesmc
aesni_intel           172032  0 
snd_hda_codec_generic    65536  1 snd_hda_codec_cirrus
drm_kms_helper        102400  1 i915
input_polldev          16384  1 applesmc
cfg80211              483328  1 wl
aes_x86_64             20480  1 aesni_intel
hwmon                  16384  2 applesmc,coretemp
videobuf2_memops       16384  1 videobuf2_vmalloc
lrw                    16384  1 aesni_intel
gf128mul               16384  1 lrw
glue_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            16384  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 20480  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper
videobuf2_core         40960  1 uvcvideo
pcspkr                 16384  0 
snd_hda_intel          28672  3 
v4l2_common            16384  1 videobuf2_core
i2c_i801               20480  0 
snd_hda_controller     28672  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec         114688  5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller,snd_hda_codec_cirrus
videodev              135168  3 uvcvideo,v4l2_common,videobuf2_core
uas                    24576  0 
media                  20480  2 uvcvideo,videodev
sbs                    16384  0 
snd_hwdep              16384  1 snd_hda_codec
usb_storage            61440  1 uas
rfkill                 24576  3 cfg80211,bluetooth
drm                   282624  10 i915,drm_kms_helper
sbshc                  16384  1 sbs
apple_bl               16384  0 
ac                     16384  0 
snd_pcm                90112  4 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
video                  24576  1 i915
battery                20480  0 
snd_timer              28672  1 snd_pcm
mei_me                 20480  0 
button                 16384  1 i915
shpchp                 36864  0 
mei                    77824  1 mei_me
intel_gtt              20480  1 i915
snd                    69632  14 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec_cirrus
i2c_algo_bit           16384  1 i915
lpc_ich                24576  0 
i2c_core               53248  7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,v4l2_common,videodev
soundcore              16384  2 snd,snd_hda_codec
processor              28672  0 
sch_fq_codel           20480  3 
ext4                  512000  3 
crc16                  16384  2 ext4,bluetooth
mbcache                20480  1 ext4
jbd2                   90112  1 ext4
sd_mod                 36864  5 
ahci                   36864  4 
libahci                28672  1 ahci
libata                184320  2 ahci,libahci
scsi_mod              147456  4 uas,usb_storage,libata,sd_mod
uhci_hcd               45056  0 
ehci_pci               16384  0 
ehci_hcd               73728  1 ehci_pci
usbcore               200704  9 uas,btusb,uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci,usbhid,bcm5974
usb_common             16384  1 usbcore

0: phy0: Wireless LAN
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no
1: hci0: Bluetooth
	Soft blocked: no
	Hard blocked: no

How I can use the monitor mode for use wifite?
Thanks for any answer!!!

Last edited by skioda86 (2015-05-22 10:00:45)

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: wlan doesn't support monitor mode

Are you sure your card and/or driver supports monitor mode? Not all of them do.

skioda86

Member

Registered: 2015-05-19

Posts: 13

Re: wlan doesn't support monitor mode

Are you sure your card and/or driver supports monitor mode? Not all of them do.

Thanks for answer....
How I can lookin for or know it?

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: wlan doesn't support monitor mode

It's a while since I've done that kind of stuff, but iirc the aircrack website would be a good place to start.

skioda86

Member

Registered: 2015-05-19

Posts: 13

Re: wlan doesn't support monitor mode

Ok Thanks....
I asked it in aircrack-ng forum.

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revellion

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-04-10

Posts: 54

Re: wlan doesn't support monitor mode

As far as i know the wl (proprietary broadcom driver) doesn't support monitor/injection.

But the Mac80211 alternatives might. If they support the wifi chip in your MacBook.

From experience with a friends MBP it didn't yet support his broadcom so had to use WL to get basic network connectivity and used an Dual-band(2.4Ghz/5Ghz) 2x2 11n/ac USB dongle for his monitor/injection needs.

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