[ltp] T42 ipw2200 monitor mode?

[Richard Bellin]

Greetings All,

  I recently bought a Thinkpad T42 and installed SUSE
10.1. The installation worked quite well and almost 
everything seems to work. 

 However, I cannot seem to get the wireless card
(Intel IPW2200) to run in monitor mode for the
kismet program..

I have downloaded, compiled and installed the latest
IPW2200 module, but it still rejects the monitor 
setting. 

 Is there some magic that can be done to solve this,
or is this a lost cause? 
 
  Some  command outputs: 

bigtop2:/ # iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"05B404080014"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access
Point: 00:E0:98:FE:D5:35
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm  
Sensitivity=8/0
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment
thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=56/100  Signal level=-67 dBm 
Noise level=-88 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx
invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  
Missed beacon:11



bigtop2:/ # iwconfig eth1 mode monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.


bigtop2:/ # modinfo ipw2200
filename:      
/lib/modules/2.6.16.13-4-smp/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko
description:    Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915
Network Driver
version:        1.1.0
author:         Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
license:        GPL
vermagic:       2.6.16.13-4-smp SMP 586 REGPARM
gcc-4.1
depends:        ieee80211,firmware_class
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002701bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002702bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002711bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002712bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002721bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002722bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002731bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002732bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002741bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv0000103Csd00002741bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002742bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002751bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002752bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002753bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002754bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002761bc*sc*i*
alias:         
pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002762bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d0000104Fsv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00004220sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00004221sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00004223sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00008086d00004224sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
srcversion:     10AFED2B5122F1067F1D3BC
parm:           roaming:enable roaming support
(default on) (int)
parm:           cmdlog:allocate a ring buffer for
logging firmware commands (int)
parm:           hwcrypto:enable hardware crypto
(default off) (int)
parm:           bt_coexist:enable bluetooth
coexistence (default off) (int)
parm:           mode:network mode (0=BSS,1=IBSS) (int)
parm:           channel:channel to limit associate to
(default 0 [ANY]) (int)
parm:           debug:debug output mask (int)
parm:           led:enable led control on some systems
(default 0 off)
 (int)
parm:           auto_create:auto create adhoc network
(default on) (int)
parm:           associate:auto associate when scanning
(default on) (int)
parm:           disable:manually disable the radio
(default 0 [radio on]) (int)
bigtop2:/ #

 Thanx in advance
  
  Rich 



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