+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+ else if (status == PCAP_ERROR_RFMON_NOTSUP &&
+ strncmp(device, "wlan", 4) == 0) {
+ char parent[8], newdev[8];
+ char sysctl[32];
+ size_t s = sizeof(parent);
+
+ snprintf(sysctl, sizeof(sysctl),
+ "net.wlan.%d.%%parent", atoi(device + 4));
+ sysctlbyname(sysctl, parent, &s, NULL, 0);
+ strlcpy(newdev, device, sizeof(newdev));
+ /* Suggest a new wlan device. */
+ /* FIXME: incrementing the index this way is not going to work well
+ * when the index is 9 or greater but the only consequence in this
+ * specific case would be an error message that looks a bit odd.
+ */
+ newdev[strlen(newdev)-1]++;
+ error("%s is not a monitor mode VAP\n"
+ "To create a new monitor mode VAP use:\n"
+ " ifconfig %s create wlandev %s wlanmode monitor\n"
+ "and use %s as the tcpdump interface",
+ device, newdev, parent, newdev);
+ }
+#endif