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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:06:00 GMT
From: Yuri <yuri@tsoft.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: ifconfig can't clear 'monitor' mode on the wireless device
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>Number:         131549
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ifconfig(8) can't clear 'monitor' mode on the wireless device
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-wireless
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 10 06:10:01 UTC 2009
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Mon Apr 11 23:01:02 UTC 2011
>Originator:     Yuri
>Release:        71-PRERELEASE
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
>Description:
After I used 'airodump-ng -write ath0 ath0' ath0 interface was left in 'monitor' mode (which maybe is a bug in airodump itself).

Command 'ifconfig ath0 -monitor' is supposed to clear 'monitor' mode. But it doesn't seem to make any difference.

This is a very serious problem  since after this interface isn't usable until reboot.  It stays in 'monitor' mode (no packets go out or in).

Same is true for ral0 device.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-net 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Feb 10 08:09:43 UTC 2009 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to maintainer(s). 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=131549 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-net->freebsd-wireless 
Responsible-Changed-By: eadler 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 11 23:00:31 UTC 2011 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
new wireless mailing list; not a kern/ bug 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=131549 
>Unformatted:
