Not remove interface when wpa_supplicant shuts down

[Panagiotis Georgopoulos]

Hello Pavel,

	Thanks for your email (please see bellow)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Roskin [mailto:proski at gnu.org]
> Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 18:41
> To: Panagiotis Georgopoulos
> Cc: 'Jouni Malinen'; hostap at lists.shmoo.com
> Subject: RE: Not remove interface when wpa_supplicant shuts down
> 
> On Thu, 2010-06-10 at 18:59 +0100, Panagiotis Georgopoulos wrote:
> 
> >    b) how do I create one interface that sees *all* the traffic that the
AP
> > sees?
> 
> I suggest the you use a separate device in monitor mode.  This way, you
> capture all the traffic that is actually on the air.  If you want to
> debug a real problem, that the way to go.
> 

	Well, am I not correct in thinking though, that getting another
device to sniff packets (get a wifi card to monitor in promiscuous mode) is
counter with the end goal of securing and authenticating a client
successfully? I guess that the new device will not be able to see *all* the
packets as the AP sees them, and more specifically not see their content
unencrypted. Unless you  suggest to remove security as much possible for the
sake of debugging, but in the end that is what I want to debug... am I
missing something obvious in your suggestion?

	Regards,
	Panos