Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Redhat Linux 8.0 and Cisco Aironet

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 17:10:00 -0700
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 11:45:23AM -0400, Jeremy Hein wrote:
> I just installed Redhat Linux 8.0 and am trying to figure out how to see 
> 802.11 air traffic with Ethereal. I've looked at multiple faqs and tried 
> reinstalling pcmcia drivers and aironet drivers and I've got the client 
> working and the card is working, but I don't know how to get Ethereal to 
> see the 802.11 traffic. I would like to do this without recompiling the 
> kernel since I still cannot handle that. Please be precise in your 
> answer, since I have tried several web sites and solutions.

If the instructions in the Ethereal FAQ:

	http://www.ethereal.com/faq.html#q5.24

don't work (the stuff involving sending stuff to
"/proc/driver/aironet/ethN/Config" with the "echo" command), then I have
no idea what the problem is, unless RH 8.0 has an old driver that
doesn't work.