ipw3945 can be in monitor mode???

[ntrncx]

I installed puppy 1,17.1 everything works perfect

i did " iwconfig ipw3945 eth1 mode 2" for monitor and it accepts its
i configures kismet everything ok.but when i recieve kismet it shows that message

FATAL: Failed to set monitor mode: Invalid argument. This usually means your drivers either do not support monitor mode, or use a different mechanism for getting to it. Make sure you have a version of your drivers that support monitor mode, and consult the troubleshooting section of the README.

how i will make my card to be in monitor mode???

[tempestuous]

Here is the ipw3945 module for Puppy 2.17 compiled with these options enabled in the Makefile:
CONFIG_IPW3945_MONITOR=y
CONFIG_IEEE80211_RADIOTAP=y
CONFIG_IPW3945_PROMISCUOUS=y
CONFIG_IPW3945_SIM_RX=y

Significantly, this module should now create the additional interfaces "rtap0" and "wifi0", which will allow it to be used with aircrack-ng. Here is a HOWTO -
http://en.tuxero.com/2007/08/howto-crac ... -vaio.html
This HOWTO refers to a distribution called "wifiway-0.6" which contains a completely rewritten version of the ipw3945 module called "ipraw".

To get the rtap0 interface, the module needs to be unloaded, then reloaded -

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rmmod ipw3945
modprobe ipw3945 rtap_iface 1

... it might also be necessary to put the device into monitor mode, I'm not sure.
If this is true, the commands would be -

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rmmod ipw3945
modprobe ipw3945 mode 2 rtap_iface 1

iwconfig ipw3945 eth1 mode 2

I think that's wrong. "mode 2" should be specified when loading the module.

If my ipw3945 module does not work with aircrack-ng, then the new "ipraw" module will probably be required.
ipraw is available here -
http://homepages.tu-darmstadt.de/~p_larbig/wlan/
And it's discussed here -
http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/in ... pic=1985.0

UPDATE July 20 2008
monitor-enabled ipw3945 module now available for Puppy 3.x/4.0 here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 422#216422