ath10k monitor mode#
ath10k supports monitor mode. Recommended firmware version for a sniffer is 10.1.467.2-1. Also use recent enough wireshark which supports 11ac.
To tune into 80 MHz channel, in this example channel 36 (5180 MHz):
ip link set wlan0 down
iw wlan0 set type monitor
ip link set wlan0 up
iw wlan0 set freq 5180 80 5210
To capture HT40+ on channel 36:
iw wlan0 set freq 5180 40 5190
Known issues#
Assoc Request frames not captured (Assoc Response shows up fine)
cannot see Add BA action frames
frames do not come up with FCS value in them
the management frames do not contain mac timestamp as data/control frames