Hi Mark, I'm not sure about your specific problem with Netstumbler, however I do know that _generally_ when a 802.11b card is put into monitor mode you are not allowed to transmit, only passively recieve. Perhaps the application is dying for this reason -- putting the card into monitor mode after already being associated and authenticated confuses the firmware? I usually leave the card in monitor mode until I find a desirable AP, then pop it out and back in, and _then_ attempt to access the network. I do know that the Lucent drivers have fubared by win2k system on a number of occassions, rebooting and reinstalling drivers is the only solution I have found. I'd recommend using the Cisco Aironets or a Prism2-based chipset (SMC, D-link, Compaq, etc) under Linux/BSD for your wardriving efforts; the drivers, although evolving, seem to be more well-behaved and complete than under Win2k. --Anindya On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Adams, Mark wrote: > We are attempting to perform wireless recon for a client but we are having > trouble using NetStumbler. We have an Orinoco Gold NIC with legit WEP keys > (provided by the client). We connect to the AP and continue to login to the > NT domain as normal. We can browse the network all around no problem. We > start Netstumbler and it gets the closest AP that we are close to and then > the NIC dies. All connectivity is lost. Netstumbler still runs, but it > will not find any AP's (because the NIC is dead) > Stopping and restarting the PC Card, network service, or doing any ipconfig > command does not revive the NIC. We must reboot. The AP is a RoamAbout > from Enterasys Networks. > > By the way, we do not have this problem at their other site. Any ideas? > > > Mark Adams, CISSP > markadamsat_private > > > > > ********************************************************************** > The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. > It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else > is unauthorized. > > If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution > or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited > and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice > contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in > the governing KPMG client engagement letter. > ********************************************************************** > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) > Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which > automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: > https://alerts.securityfocus.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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