Python -- put wireless card in Monitor Mode without `subprocess` or `os.system`

Asked Jul 03 '16 at 02:15

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OBJECTIVE

Programatically put wireless card into Monitor mode without using subprocess or os.system

I am running Linux and I understand that I could

ifconfig wlan0 down
iwconfig wlan0 mode Monitor
ifconfig wlan0 up

This could be done with subprocess, os.system or pause the program and use the shell.

I am using Python 2.7. It would be preferable if an answer includes a way to do this with Scapy, but I am unsure if this can be done without using a system call.

asked Jul 03 '16 at 02:15

ma77c

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Use `strace` to see what syscalls are made by those programs, and then do the same. – John Zwinck Jul 03 '16 at 03:21
Could you post your solution if you found any? – phoebus May 18 '18 at 22:05
@phoebus Ended up using `subprocess` – ma77c May 23 '18 at 16:14

Python -- put wireless card in Monitor Mode without `subprocess` or `os.system`

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