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Ubuntu 11 10 aireplay ng and the mon0 is on channel 1 error and how to fix it shell script included

I had recently upgrade my Ubuntu install to 11.10. Along with other annoyances I came across I ran into a bit of a deal breaker when I went to run aireplay-ng. I was getting the following error:


This was going to be a huge problem since I know that my ZyDAS 1211 chip set was compatible with packet injection. After searching around for a bit I found a great solution from this site here about the drivers and how to patch and reinstall the older ones back in. Below I have a script that you can run to get that installed.



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#!/bin/bash
#
# This fix was found at:
# http://linux-software-news-tutorials.blogspot.com/2011/06/solve-error-mon0-is-on-channel-1-but-ap.html
#
# If this script helps you be sure to drop him a line and
# say thanks!
echo -e " 33[1;32m###########################################"
echo -e "# Ubuntu Patched Drivers Installer Script #"
echo -e "# Tested on Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 #"
echo -e "###########################################"
echo " Coded By: Travis Phillips"
echo " Date: 01/18/2012"
echo " Website: http://theunl33t.blogspot.com"
echo -e -n " [*] Installing build-essential...33[0m"
sudo apt-get -y install build-essential &> /dev/null
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e -n " [*] Downloading Wireless Drivers...33[0m"
wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2011-06-16.tar.bz2 &> /dev/null
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e -n " [*] Extracting...33[0m"
tar -jxf compat-wireless-2011-06-16.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-2011-06-16
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e -n " [*] Downloading Patches...33[0m"
wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch &>12 /dev/null
wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/channel-negative-one-maxim.patch &>12 /dev/null
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e -n " [*] Applying Patches...33[0m"
patch -p1 < mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch &> /dev/null
patch ./net/wireless/chan.c channel-negative-one-maxim.patch &> /dev/null
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e " [*] Building patched drivers and installing."
echo -e " 33[31mTHIS WILL TAKE ABOUT 5-10 mins..."
echo -e " Please be patient and do *NOT* interrupt this process33[0m "
make &> /dev/null
echo -e " 33[1;32m[*] Compiling Complete. Installing Drivers...33[0m "
sudo make install &> /dev/null
echo -e "33[1;32m[*] Installing Patched drivers completed!"
echo -e -n " [*] Cleaning Up...33[0m"
cd ..
rm compat-wireless-2011-06-16.tar.bz2
rm -rf compat-wireless-2011-06-16
echo -e "33[1;32mDone!"
echo -e " [*] 33[1;37mScript Finished! Please reboot to finish the patch.33[0m "


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To run save it to a save to a file called patchwifidrivers.sh and in a terminal type

chmod +x patchwifidrivers.sh
./patchwifidrivers.sh

Hope this helps some people.

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