Passive mode means that you are "listening" for packets only and not
broadcasting any information. Passive mode does not mean packet
injection is supported. They are different characteristics of the
wireless device.
In KisMAC, injection is only supported by Prism2 devices. Apple's
airport card is based on the hermes chipset so it supports passive
mode, but not injection. Apple airport extreme is based on a
Broadcom chipset that is really only useful for active mode
scanning. Until Broadcom releases the technical documents around
it's chip sets, the only solution is reverse engineering, often
leading to quirky and unreliable drivers.
On May 2, 2006, at 11:27 AM, Matt Kime wrote:
> Then why does kismac list a Apple Airport (not extreme) passive mode
> driver in the software? I've found a lot of contradictory info on
> this.
>
> --matt
>
> On 5/2/06, Erik Winkler <ewinkler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> That feature only works with prism2 based pcmcia or USB wireless
>> devices. Your airport card uses a hermes chip set (like the Orinoco
>> cards).
>>
>> If you want to take advantage of all KisMAC features I recommend you
>> get one of these cards:
>>
>> http://www.keenansystems.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?
>> cPath=2&products_id=5&osCsid=5075ce873f558518f3c5d8096715e498
>>
>> It is the one I use with my G4 Ti book and it works flawlessly under
>> 10.4.6.
>>
>> Erik
