Set wlan0 to Monitor Mode

Question

When setting wlan0 to monitor mode with sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode Monitor I get the following error:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

How to resolve this?

Pease install aircrack-ng with this command: sudo apt-get install aircrack-ng and then post the output of sudo airmon-ng. — 0x2b3bfa0, Apr 16 '15 at 14:37
possible duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/questions/155528/why-cant-i-set-monitor-mode-with-the-wl-sta-driver-on-a-broadcom-wireless-card — 0x2b3bfa0, Apr 16 '15 at 14:42
This is my card: Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) Subsystem: Foxconn International, Inc. T77H103.00 Wireless Half-size Mini PCIe Card
I didn't get the b43 to work. — Simon, Apr 17 '15 at 11:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '17 at 21:24

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Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) doesn't support monitor mode on Linux.

answered Jul 05 '17 at 21:24

Pilot6

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 17 '15 at 07:36

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You could also try to start wlan0 in monitoring mode by

airmon-ng start wlan0

answered Apr 17 '15 at 07:36

lumen

Found 5 processes that could cause trouble. If airodump-ng, aireplay-ng or airtun-ng stops working after a short period of time, you may want to kill (some of) them! PID Name 696 avahi-daemon 715 avahi-daemon 737 NetworkManager 2360 wpa_supplicant 2368 dhclient Process with PID 2368 (dhclient) is running on interface wlan0 – Simon Apr 17 '15 at 11:19
After updateing armon-ng: `PHY Interface Driver Chipset
phy0 wlan0 wl Broadcom Corporation BCM43225 802.11b/g/n (rev 01) Failed to set wlan0mon up using ip command failed: No such device (-19)

(mac80211 monitor mode vif enabled for [phy0]wlan0 on [phy0]wlan0mon) command failed: Operation not supported (-95) (mac80211 station mode vif disabled for [phy0]wlan0) `
– Simon Apr 17 '15 at 12:13

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