Re: Networking "stops" with .15rc1

Pavel Roskin wrote:

> Hi, Stephen!
>
> I see that you are using a PCMCIA card with Agere firmware 8.72.  The card
> starts misbehaving after it's put to the promiscuous mode.
>
> I know that Agere firmware 8.xx has problems with monitor mode.  That's
> why is was disabled in CVS after the 0.15rc1 release.  However, the driver
> from the kernel (presumably 0.13e) has no monitor mode support at all.
>
> My suspicion is that you are running some utility that puts eth1 to
> promiscuous mode and also tries to enable monitor mode, which succeeds with
> version 0.15rc1.
>
> Multiple messages "eth1: Error -19 configuring card" indicate that you
> have a utility that constantly tries to bring the interface up, but it
> fails every time.
>
> I cannot reproduce any problems with Agere firmware 8.72 in promiscuous
> mode.  Please describe the userspace software that uses the card.  Also
> please post the output of "iwconfig" after the card fails.
>
> I've just changed the error messages in the CVS version to print the
> command number for failed commands.  You may want to try the CVS version:
> https://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=orinoco
>
>  
Pavel,
  
   Thanks for the reply. I'll get a message out to you either very late 
tonight or mid-day tomorrow (EDT). I was using a packet sniffing tool 
when I got the errors, I think airsnort or a program along those lines 
(and no, i have no interest in "cracking" networks or anything, I'm just 
a sysadmin/*nix analyst and was looking at our wep setup here). I'll 
post the outputs of everything as soon as I can reproduce the error(s). 
I'll also shoot you the iwconfig file after the card fails.
Thanks again,
Steve

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