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

[jensbodal]

When you say its "not working". What not working, what happens, whats on the screen?

I followed your instructions as best I could, and I'm pretty sure everything installed/patched just fine. What I mean by it is "not working" I mean I was still receiving the: 'AP is on channel X by card is on channel Y error.'

I was able to use Wireless just fine, so aside from the card continuing to have issues in monitor mode I guess the patch worked.

I have now reformatted twice because I tried some other methods. I am back to square 1 with a fresh 10.10 install and all the generic updates from Synaptic Package manager. I need to first figure out how I can do a basic system backup so that I can tinker with this more and not have to spend an hour reformatting by screwing something up.

[Vfire]

I followed your instructions as best I could, and I'm pretty sure everything installed/patched just fine. What I mean by it is "not working" I mean I was still receiving the: 'AP is on channel X by card is on channel Y error.'
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Is the Y the -1 error? Sounds very much like your wlan is still in managed mode, everything is off before u go to monitor right? check

 iwconfig

[jensbodal]

Is the Y the -1 error? Sounds very much like your wlan is still in managed mode, everything is off before u go to monitor right? check

 iwconfig

As far as I know, what am I looking for in iwconfig?

I've tried doing

sudo ifconfig wlan0 down
sudo airmon-ng start wlan0
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Then using the mon0 interface for aireplay:

sudo aireplay-ng -1 0 -e SSID -h APMAC -a MYMAC mon0
mon0 is on channel -1, but the AP uses channel 6

[jensbodal]

How do I check for sure I installed the Compat Wireless drivers correctly?

[Rizado]

There's a problem with atleast the kernels in phc-linux ppa. For some reason modules install to /lib/modules/2.6.35.4 which is not correct, hence they do not get loaded. Have not tried to compile compat-wireless on the regular kernel yet...

[ssc351]

Hey guys,

I was having a similar problem but I am running lucid. I have an atheros ar9287 card and using ath9k drivers via stock install.

I ran this tutorial to fix the same issue, but now my whole system freezes up after about 2 mins of running. If I turn the wireless off, it runs no problem, so I assume it has to do with the patching with the compat-wireless stuff.

Is there a way I can get rid of it to get my wireless working again? Or better yet, a way to use the patched driver so it doesn't freeze up my system?

[SquirrelScript]

I followed your instructions as best I could, and I'm pretty sure everything installed/patched just fine. What I mean by it is "not working" I mean I was still receiving the: 'AP is on channel X by card is on channel Y error.'

I was able to use Wireless just fine, so aside from the card continuing to have issues in monitor mode I guess the patch worked.

I have now reformatted twice because I tried some other methods. I am back to square 1 with a fresh 10.10 install and all the generic updates from Synaptic Package manager. I need to first figure out how I can do a basic system backup so that I can tinker with this more and not have to spend an hour reformatting by screwing something up.

Try this:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo airmon-ng start wlan0 6
sudo airodump-ng -c 6 --bssid APMAC mon0
sudo aireplay-ng -1 0 -h APMAC -e SSID -a MYMAC mon0

If that doesn't work, what is the output when you try:

iwconfig

How do I check for sure I installed the Compat Wireless drivers correctly?

Are you connected to the network afterwords? Are you able to surf the internet using your WiFi?

There's a problem with atleast the kernels in phc-linux ppa. For some reason modules install to /lib/modules/2.6.35.4 which is not correct, hence they do not get loaded. Have not tried to compile compat-wireless on the regular kernel yet...

I don't have/use that kernel - and Im out of my depth on that issue. Sorry! Best of luck with it though

Hey guys,

I was having a similar problem but I am running lucid. I have an atheros ar9287 card and using ath9k drivers via stock install.

I ran this tutorial to fix the same issue, but now my whole system freezes up after about 2 mins of running. If I turn the wireless off, it runs no problem, so I assume it has to do with the patching with the compat-wireless stuff.

Is there a way I can get rid of it to get my wireless working again? Or better yet, a way to use the patched driver so it doesn't freeze up my system?

Does the caps lock key blink? (Then its a kernel failure)

[ssc351]

Does the caps lock key blink? (Then its a kernel failure)

The Caps lock key DOES NOT blink...anything I can try?

[Hamzouzz]

Many thanks to you SquirrelScript, many sleepless nights to get this problem sorted and searching the web for an answer and finally fell on your thread. Everything now works like a charm , I can't thank you enough!

I registered on this forum just to thank you.

[jensbodal]

Try this:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo airmon-ng start wlan0 6
sudo airodump-ng -c 6 --bssid APMAC mon0
sudo aireplay-ng -1 0 -h APMAC -e SSID -a MYMAC mon0

If that doesn't work, what is the output when you try:

iwconfig

OK I gave this another shot and did not have any luck. I have tried with 2 different compat drivers as well as the B43 driver.

iwconfig gives:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:24:A5:42:AA:42   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-40 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

mon0      IEEE 802.11bg  Mode:Monitor  Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

This is with stock drivers now however.

Are you connected to the network afterwords? Are you able to surf the internet using your WiFi?

I was able to surf the internet afterwards yes. I am following the directions verbatim.