Hi people,
This is about an experience with Cisco 350 PCMCIA aironet on linux.
2.4.X kernel is needed (I use 2.4.18) with pcmcia-cs-3.1.31 (I noted some pbs with airo.o & airo_cs.o drivers from pcmcia-cs-3.1.33,)
Ok, normaly, when you insert the 350, the cardmgr would start if your linux install rocks.
If not, as mine
, you'll have to start it manually with the /etc/rc.d/pcmcia script.
> /etc/rc.d/pcmcia {start|stop|restart}
So now, running
> ifconfig eth[X] up
> ifconfig
should show you the eth[X] interface (eth1 if eth0 is your lan, eth0 if you don't have LAN card)
Ok with the linux (not well working...) utilities from Cisco (kudos to them for having linux suported), you should be able to attach your interface with the AP stations. But the interestings things are these :
The Cisco 350 can be putted in monitor mode :
> echo "Mode: rfmon" >>/proc/driver/aironet/eth[X]/Config
... with X the number of your wireless interface.
So you can use your favorite sniffing tool without any problem.
You can spoof a MAC adress with the old good ifconfig :
> ifconfig eth[X] hw ether ??:??:??:??:??:??
... with X the number of your wireless interface.
& you should use ifconfig again for choosing your IP & your gateway...
Bye!