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 ====== Determine the driver ====== ====== Determine the driver ======
-Once you have determined the chipset, check the [[compatibility_drivers#drivers|driver]] section for which software driver you needSoftware drivers connect the operating system to the hardware. The drivers are different for each operating system. There are also notes regarding limitations.+ 
 +Once you have determined the chipset, chances are you already have identified the driver on Linux. If not, match the chipset against the "other resources" above to figure out the driver.  
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 +On Linux, there can be multiple drivers: 
 +- Vendor driver: those do not and will not support monitor mode 
 +- Peer-modified vendor driver: In some cases, they may support monitor mode but there could be caveats 
 +- Staging driver: Standalone driver has been added to the [[http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/linux-staging-update.html|Linux Staging tree]]. However, quality of the driver is unknown and needs more work to be included in the kernel 
 +- Kernel/mac80211 driver: In this case, chances are, monitor mode is supportedInjection may or may not be supported
  
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compatibility_drivers.txt · Last modified: 2018/07/20 23:16 by mister_x