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Fix the infamaous aircrack-ng bug:

A step-by-step for patching the "wlan0 -> mon0 channel -1 bug".

First, ensure you have Linux kernel 2.6.24 or higher with headers, gcc, and patch installed.
(optional, makes cleanup easier) Make a working directory in your home folder. I named my wifi_patch. cd into your new directory.
Download newest driver source from http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/ and extract with (use Tab to auto-complete the file name):

tar -jxf compat-wireless-(version).tar.bz2

change into the driver /net/wireless/ directory:

cd compat-wireless-(version)/net/wireless/

Download the patch into this directory:

wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/channel-negative-one-maxim.patch

(optional) Test the patch:

patch -Np4 --dry-run --verbose -i channel-negative-one-maxim.patch

If you get no hunk errors, then apply the patch to the driver:

patch -Np4 channel-negative-one-maxim.patch

Move up one directory with:
```
cd ..
```
Compile the patched driver:
```
make
```
Install patched driver and load it up:
```
sudo make install
```
```
sudo make wlunload
```
```
sudo modprobe (driver-name)
```

Reboot if necessary.
Note: any () means that you have to fill in with the proper value, things that are specific to that file or your system.
Credits: After much searching, I used the following sources to get my patch properly installed, and prompted my writing this tutorial:
http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=compat-wireless
http://forum.aircrack-ng.org/index.php?topic=9771.0

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