Channel "-1" Issue

[Xcellerator]

Not sure exactly where this should go, not an issue with a particular infusion, but a general one.

Has anyone else had trouble with the "-1" channel problem? I've been getting it when using Bully and Airodump. Bully in particular won't let me do anything at all. I get an error about being unable to set channel on mon0.

I had the same problem with the aircrack-ng suite on my laptop, but I just compiled the bleeding edge version which has a --ignore-negative-one. That solved it in the sense that I could use the program, but it still said "CH: -1" at the top.

Anyone else had anything like this?

[NullNull]

Try to disable wireless from UI and then run

airmon-ng start wlan1
airodump-ng mon0 

Edited January 14, 2014 by KiatoGS

[Mr-Protocol]

You need to down the interface, and then run airmon-ng start wlan1. Downing the interface before creating the monitor interface should fix your issue.

[qw3rtify]

You need to down the interface, and then run airmon-ng start wlan1. Downing the interface before creating the monitor interface should fix your issue.

I also found this problem weird, but by bringing wlan1 down and doing airmon-ng start wlan1 solved the problem.

[Xcellerator]

Fantastic! Works perfectly!
Anyone happen to know why this is the case?

[Sebkinne]

Yes - It's a bug in the linux kernel's wireless module. We have fixed the bug for now in the upcoming firmware upgrade. That way you can bring up the interface and avoid the -1 bug entirely.

Best Regards,

Sebkinne

[Xcellerator]

Good to hear! Looking forward to the update!

[Sebkinne]

There has been a new beta released - I am just writing the BETA release post for the forums.

Best Regards,

Sebkinne