Disk setup
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3385 27188244+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3925 3926 15851 ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sda3 3386 3925 4329473 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3386 3894 4082688 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 3894 3925 245760 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Get started commands
lspci | grep -i wireless; lsusb | grep -i wireless
airdriver-ng loaded
iw phy phy1 info | grep -A11 modes
ifconfig -a
iwconfig -a
airmon-ng
wicd-gtk --no-tray
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid "xxx"
dhclient wlan0
airmon-ng start wlan1
Interfaces available to me
PC, Asus Eee PC T91MT internal: AW-NE785H
Atheros AR9285 ath9k
01:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) (rev 01)
HWaddr 00:25:d3:e3:5f:0a
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* WDS
* monitor
* mesh point
* P2P-client
* P2P-GO
PC, Dell Latitude E6400 internal:
Broadcom b43
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
HWaddr 00:23:4d:c1:52:b5
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* WDS
* monitor
* mesh point
Realtek RTL8187L rtl8187
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
HWaddr 00:c0:ca:54:54:f9
Supported interface modes:
* managed
* monitor
Device, PCMCIA card Netgear WAG511 v2 (model 1); see WikiLinuxWLANCard
Atheros AR5213A ath5k
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
HWaddr 00:18:4d:d4:c9:8e
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
* AP
* AP/VLAN
* monitor
* mesh point
Status
$ airmon-ng | grep "^wlan" | while read AA ZZ; do iwconfig $AA | grep "802.11"; ifconfig $AA | egrep "HWaddr|inet"; echo " ${ZZ}"; done
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"SpacePortAlpha"
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4d:c1:52:b5
inet addr:192.168.0.114 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::223:4dff:fec1:52b5/64 Scope:Link
Broadcom b43 - [phy1]
wlan2 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:4d:d4:c9:8e
Atheros AR5213A ath5k - [phy3]
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:54:54:f9
Realtek RTL8187L rtl8187 - [phy4]
Extended status:
$ airmon-ng | grep "^wlan" | while read AA BB ZZ;
do
DEV=""
PHY=$(echo $ZZ | sed 's/.*\[// ; s/\]//')
echo "==============================================="
iwconfig $AA | grep "802.11"
ifconfig $AA | egrep -i "HWaddr|inet"
echo "$AA ${BB} ${ZZ}"
echo -n "Modes: "
iw phy $PHY info | sed '1,/modes/d ; /Supported commands/,$d' | perl -p -i -e 's/[\n|\s|\*]+/ /g'
echo ""
echo "-----------------------------------------------"
echo "DeviceGuess: "
if DEV=$(lspci | grep -i wireless | grep $BB)
then
echo "PCI: $DEV"
lspci -v -s $(echo $DEV | awk '{print $1}') | egrep -i "Subsystem"
fi
if DEV=$(lsusb | grep -i wireless | grep $BB)
then
echo "USB: $DEV"
lsusb -v -s $(echo $DEV | awk '{print $2":"$4}') | egrep -i "iManufacturer|iProduct|Vendor"
fi
done
===============================================
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"SpacePortAlpha"
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:4d:c1:52:b5
inet addr:192.168.0.114 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::223:4dff:fec1:52b5/64 Scope:Link
wlan0 Broadcom b43 - [phy1]
-----------------------------------------------
DeviceGuess:
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 000d
===============================================
wlan2 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
wlan2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:4d:d4:c9:8e
wlan2 Atheros AR5213A ath5k - [phy3]
-----------------------------------------------
DeviceGuess:
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
Subsystem: Netgear Device 4610
===============================================
wlan1 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:c0:ca:54:54:f9
wlan1 Realtek RTL8187L rtl8187 - [phy4]
-----------------------------------------------
DeviceGuess:
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
idVendor 0x0bda Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
iManufacturer 1 Manufacturer_Realtek_RTL8187_
iProduct 2 RTL8187_Wireless