[Tutorial] Fix: Compat wireless - 'fixed channel mon0: -1'

[SquirrelScript]

Thanks for the reply buddy,
Few educational questions

1. If we are editing drivers ,can a faulty edited driver damage the hardware.
In other words , is it OK to play with the drivers .

2. Initially I dint find the chan.c anywhere , I guess the patch is applied to this file .
Which means , does the compat-wireless driver package contain this file?
In that case what is the wireless driver currently active and what has compat wireless have to do with the fix

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Machine details :
Sony Vaio EB15FG / Atheros AR9285

1.) I don't think it can. I belive it would just make your system unstable...HOWEVER. IF it does kill something - dont sue/blame me...

2.) Did you use "compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2"?
I've found that these WOULDN'T patch correctly (with the method at the top):
compat-wireless-2.6.32.16.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2.6.33.6.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2.6.34.1.tar.bz2

However, these PATCH successfully:
compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2 <--- The one in the method
If you follow the method at the top, doing each command - it shouldn't have a problem.

[SriNarayanan]

1.) I don't think it can. I belive it would just make your system unstable...HOWEVER. IF it does kill something - dont sue/blame me...

2.) Did you use "compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2"?
I've found that these WOULDN'T patch correctly (with the method at the top):
compat-wireless-2.6.32.16.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2.6.33.6.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2.6.34.1.tar.bz2

However, these PATCH successfully:
compat-wireless-2.6.35-1.tar.bz2
compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2 <--- The one in the method
If you follow the method at the top, doing each command - it shouldn't have a problem.

I just copied each and every line from the above for that matter
did use compat-wireless-2010-10-16.tar.bz2 - so it should have patched correctly.

Thing is none of the aircrack command through any error , but they don't seem to produce result either.

It is said that the #/s in the aerodump will dramatically increase after a
deauth with aireplay , but that dont seem to happen.Am i missing something here.

Basically what I do is ,
1. Run airodump to find my routers BSSID and my friends client ESSID
2. Capture a dump file listening for my routers BSSID and run injections -deauthentication my frnd's client.So technically there should be an increase in the #s when my frnd's client try to authenticate again.

But the rate of the BEACON frames from my router remains the same .
Just wondering if there is something wrong in my approach or is the library not working properly.Since there r no errors I could nt decide whats wrong

[SquirrelScript]

I've tired it on my home network which runs WPA2. Work fine. I'm unable to change it to WEP as my house mates are using it.

Then it may be working correctly - the problem MAY be your router.
I can remember trying it on our old router a few months back, then on our new one when we got an upgrade.
The old router wouldn't work with chopchop or fragment attacks, but the basic ARPreplay would. Then on the new one, none of the attacks would work.
Is there a connect client? WEP 64 bit? Open/Shared?

[soad6]

Your post is really helpful. I posted your fix to the bug forum for the negative-one channel bug. Seems this issue affects quite a few ppl. Thanx for this fix. You are the man!

[soad6]

Oh and can some please tell me if you can get a WPA handshake using this fix or not?? cuz i tried to and couldn't. It maybe that my router is a G+N router dualband and my wireless AP is only a G card. If this is my issue then no problem, if not then compat still has some issues.

[SriNarayanan]

I've tired it on my home network which runs WPA2. Work fine. I'm unable to change it to WEP as my house mates are using it.

Then it may be working correctly - the problem MAY be your router.
I can remember trying it on our old router a few months back, then on our new one when we got an upgrade.
The old router wouldn't work with chopchop or fragment attacks, but the basic ARPreplay would. Then on the new one, none of the attacks would work.
Is there a connect client? WEP 64 bit? Open/Shared?

I just want to know this .
Is it able to inject frames or deauth .
As far as I see there is no increase in the #s value nor the number of beacon frames.
Correct me if I am wrong , my assumption is the #S and the number of beacon frames have to increase when the injection succeed.




My Router is a Binatone one
and the wifi card is Ar9285 Atheros

[sagaci]

Hi,

I just patched and it all works fine now.

Used a alfa AWUS036H and a thomson router.

Cracked WEP (open systems) and WPA & WPA2 via handshake. Works normal now.

[SriNarayanan]

Hi,

I just patched and it all works fine now.

Used a alfa AWUS036H and a thomson router.

Cracked WEP (open systems) and WPA & WPA2 via handshake. Works normal now.

Educate me here ,
WPA with TKIP is supposed to be cracked via handshake capture .


Let me read and try 8)

[comrobo]

hello.

I have a card with a broadcom chip and working with b43 driver.

so this patch work with b43?
this change b43 for compat-wireless?

so thanks for your help.

greetings jo.

[jfekendall]

Mr. Squirrel,
I would like to say that I actually registered for this forum just to thank you for this complicated, yet effective fix. You sir, rock.
Tested and working with Atheros AR5001 Chipset.

-jfekendall