Re: [PATCH] orinoco rfmon

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello!

>> I just disabled the check for broken firmware and things seem fine (better 
>> than the original
>> patch I posted). The iwlist command now works. Could the buggy firmware be 
>> generalized a bit
>> too much? Perhaps only certain versions > 8 are buggy?
>
>Possibly, but I don't really have the means to find out in more
>detail.  The trouble is that when it falls over, it falls over very
>badly, which is why we disable this rather than just letting the user
>risk it.  Pavel knows more of the details on this one.
>
Try AirSnort with scanning enabled - it will bring the firmware down in
a few minutes.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin


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