Originally Posted by igdtl

Hi FatalDigital,

I'm using the ipw2100 (1.0.1 IIRC) drivers with an IBM ThinkPad T41 and you can be sure they work like a charm. ie. last week I tried to break my brothers wi-fi network (as I wanted to get into it but I couldn't find the paper where he stored the WEP password ) and after 10 minutes of capturing packets with Kismet (I was also generating "some" traffic with a bit of ping flooding ) and with just 150.000 IVs I cracked the WEP password in a few seconds (it was a 256 bit password I must say) so I can assure you if you manage to get drivers installed in your distribution (I use Debian "sid" but they should work with any one as it is just a matter of kernel/drivers thing) you will be able to fully user monitor mode and all common tools like Kismet and Aircrack flawlesly.

Regards.

Ignacio.