less networks in monitor mode?

[xal3xhx]

when using recon or the module site survey without any interface in monitor mode i get a ton of wifi networks that are around me. but when entering monitor mode to try to capture a handshake only the ones close to me will show up. can any shed some light on this? i am using upgraded antennas.  (alfa 7dBi panel)

using site survey

no monitor mode https://ibb.co/itZX9w

with wlan1 in monitor mode https://ibb.co/buzcbb

[hackabus]

im abit confused, how come your interface says wlan0 but monitor mode says wlan1mon, surely monitor mode should match the interface your using, ie wlan1 = wlan1mon

i may be wrong here but just a thought

[xal3xhx]

3 hours ago, hackabus said:

im abit confused, how come your interface says wlan0 but monitor mode says wlan1mon, surely monitor mode should match the interface your using, ie wlan1 = wlan1mon

i may be wrong here but just a thought

That’s just a thing in site survey it allows me to choose what interface to put in monitor mode. If there is a interface in monitor mode it will use that one for a scan.

[b0N3z]

14 minutes ago, xal3xhx said:

That’s just a thing in site survey it allows me to choose what interface to put in monitor mode. If there is a interface in monitor mode it will use that one for a scan.

no it wont for some reason i put a 2.4ghz dongle in the tetra and run sitesurvey with that dongle after putting it in monitor mode and for some reason im still getting 5ghz AP and clients..

[xal3xhx]

odd, i wounder whats going on with that.

[xal3xhx]

i just went through ssh and set wlan0 to monitor mode, and used airodump to capture and i still get the same small number of networks i got using site survey. so it has to be something with monitor mode not just site survey.