WiFi Promiscuous / Monitor mode

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WiFi Promiscuous / Monitor mode

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I run the following commands below; which turned my WiFi into Monitor mode; however, as soon the WiFi connected it was back in managed mode.
#sudo iwconfig (Ran this to get WiFi nic and see what mode it was in)
#sudo ip link set wlp2s0 down
#sudo iw wlp2s0 set monitor none
#sudo ip link set wlp2s0 up
#sudo iwconfig
First run if iwconfig before the nic connected to wifi showed it in monitor mode
As soon as the WiFi connected it went back to managed.

What am I missing or doing wrong. Trying to run wireshark on my WiFi side.
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Re: WiFi Promiscuius / Monitor mode

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FYI: I am trying to do this on Mint Cinnamon 21.1 running on an older Toshiba Portege in case that matters.
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Re: WiFi Promiscuous / Monitor mode

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try kali forums or arch forums or reddit?
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