Project Evil -- ndis with 2200bg with dstumbler/dweputils

[Simon L. Nielsen]

On 2004.07.23 16:31:17 -0400, Michael Roberts wrote:
> thanks for your reply.  i looked around for the post you mentioned, but i
> couldn't find it.  do you have any more recollection as to where it would
> be?  thx for any help.

I think I was thinking of another mail, but the one I could find:
http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040602014700.D3A3216A4CF which I
think explains the main points.

> >From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org>
> >To: Michael Roberts <tpen0010 at hotmail.com>
> >CC: freebsd-hardware at freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: Project Evil -- ndis with 2200bg with dstumbler/dweputils
> >Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:17:54 +0200
> >
> >On 2004.07.22 23:21:21 -0400, Michael Roberts wrote:
> >
> >> i've been trying to get the intel pro/wireless 2200bg working with
> >> dstumbler/bsd-airtools, and have not had much success.  i have the ndis
> >> wrapper successfully compiled in, and running commands like "wicontrol
> >-i
> >> ndis0 -l" gives good output.  however, running dwepdump or dstumbler
> >> doesn't give any output.
> >>
> >> so am i doing something wrong, or does ndis not work with those
> >programs?
> >> if so, are there any other similar programs which do?
> >
> >NDIS (the API) does not have support for packet sniffing, so dstumbler
> >and similar tools cannot work with the NDIS wrapper.  Bill Paul wrote a
> >longer explanation about why a few weeks ago to some list (probably
> >current@, but I'm not sure).

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team
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