Removed remnants of forcePackets setting

The setting was already removed in 2019 with the rewrite of  the settings module. In my tests, it didn't make the performance better, but added complexity and made the web interface unstable.

esp8266_deauther/Attack.cpp

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ bool Attack::deauthDevice(uint8_t* apMac, uint8_t* stMac, uint8_t reason, uint8_
     // send deauth frame
     deauthpkt[0] = 0xc0;
 
-    if (sendPacket(deauthpkt, packetSize, ch, 1, true)) {
+    if (sendPacket(deauthpkt, packetSize, ch, true)) {
         success = true;
         deauth.packetCounter++;
     }
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ bool Attack::deauthDevice(uint8_t* apMac, uint8_t* stMac, uint8_t reason, uint8_
 
     disassocpkt[0] = 0xa0;
 
-    if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, 1, false)) {
+    if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, false)) {
         success = true;
         deauth.packetCounter++;
     }
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ bool Attack::deauthDevice(uint8_t* apMac, uint8_t* stMac, uint8_t reason, uint8_
         // send deauth frame
         disassocpkt[0] = 0xc0;
 
-        if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, 1, false)) {
+        if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, false)) {
             success = true;
             deauth.packetCounter++;
         }
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ bool Attack::deauthDevice(uint8_t* apMac, uint8_t* stMac, uint8_t reason, uint8_
         // send disassociate frame
         disassocpkt[0] = 0xa0;
 
-        if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, 1, false)) {
+        if (sendPacket(disassocpkt, packetSize, ch, false)) {
             success = true;
             deauth.packetCounter++;
         }
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ bool Attack::sendBeacon(uint8_t* mac, const char* ssid, uint8_t ch, bool wpa2) {
     tmpPacket[37] = ssidLen;                                             // update SSID length byte
     memcpy(&tmpPacket[38 + ssidLen], &beaconPacket[70], wpa2 ? 39 : 13); // copy second half of packet into buffer
 
-    bool success = sendPacket(tmpPacket, tmpPacketSize, ch, 1, false);
+    bool success = sendPacket(tmpPacket, tmpPacketSize, ch, false);
 
     if (success) {
         beacon.time = currentTime;
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ bool Attack::sendProbe(uint8_t* mac, const char* ssid, uint8_t ch) {
     memcpy(&probePacket[10], mac, 6);
     memcpy(&probePacket[26], ssid, ssidLen);
 
-    if (sendPacket(probePacket, packetSize, ch, 1, false)) {
+    if (sendPacket(probePacket, packetSize, ch, false)) {
         probe.time = currentTime;
         probe.packetCounter++;
         return true;
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ bool Attack::sendProbe(uint8_t* mac, const char* ssid, uint8_t ch) {
     return false;
 }
 
-bool Attack::sendPacket(uint8_t* packet, uint16_t packetSize, uint8_t ch, uint16_t tries, bool force_ch) {
+bool Attack::sendPacket(uint8_t* packet, uint16_t packetSize, uint8_t ch, bool force_ch) {
     // Serial.println(bytesToStr(packet, packetSize));
 
     // set channel
@@ -429,10 +429,7 @@ bool Attack::sendPacket(uint8_t* packet, uint16_t packetSize, uint8_t ch, uint16
     // sent out packet
     bool sent = wifi_send_pkt_freedom(packet, packetSize, 0) == 0;
 
-    // try again until it's sent out
-    for (int i = 0; i < tries && !sent; i++) sent = wifi_send_pkt_freedom(packet, packetSize, 0) == 0;
-
-    if (sent) tmpPacketRate++;
+    if (sent) ++tmpPacketRate;
 
     return sent;
 }

esp8266_deauther/Attack.h

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Attack {
         bool sendProbe(uint8_t tc);
         bool sendProbe(uint8_t* mac, const char* ssid, uint8_t ch);
 
-        bool sendPacket(uint8_t* packet, uint16_t packetSize, uint8_t ch, uint16_t tries, bool force_ch);
+        bool sendPacket(uint8_t* packet, uint16_t packetSize, uint8_t ch, bool force_ch);
 
         bool isRunning();
 

esp8266_deauther/CLI.cpp

@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ void CLI::runCommand(String input) {
         for (int i = 0; i < packetSize; i++) packet[i] = strtoul((packetStr.substring(i * 2,
                                                                                       i * 2 + 2)).c_str(), NULL, 16);
 
-        if (attack.sendPacket(packet, packetSize, wifi_channel, 10, true)) {
+        if (attack.sendPacket(packet, packetSize, wifi_channel, true)) {
             prntln(CLI_CUSTOM_SENT);
             counter++;
         } else {

settings.md

@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
   - [`chTime`](#ch-time)
   - [`minDeauths`](#mindeauths)
   - [`attackTimeout`](#attacktimeout)
-  - [`forcePackets`](#force-packets)
   - [`deauthsPerTarget`](#deauths-per-target)
   - [`deauthReason`](#deauth-reason)
   - [`beaconChannel`](#beacon-channel)
@@ -132,13 +131,6 @@ Minimum number of deauthentication frames when scanning to change the LED to dea
 After what amount of time (in seconds) the attack will stop automatically.  
 Set it to 0 to disable it.  
 
-## FORCE-PACKETS
-`uint8_t forcePackets = 1;`  
-How many attempts to send out a packet.  
-Set this value higher if you want to achieve a better packet rate in a busy area.  
-Be careful this setting could make the device slower or more unstable.  
-**Max value is 255**.  
-
 ## DEAUTHS-PER-TARGET
 `uint16_t deauthsPerTarget = 10;`  
 How many deauthentication and disassociation frames are sent out for each target.  

web_interface/settings.json

@@ -1,30 +1,29 @@
-{    
-	"version":"over9000",
-    "ssid":"pwned",
-    "password":"deauther",
-    "channel":1,
-    "hidden":false,
-    "captivePortal":true,
-	"lang": "en",
-    "autosave":true,
-    "autosavetime":30000,
-    "display":false,
-    "displayTimeout":600,
-    "serial":true,
-	"serialEcho":true,
-    "web":true,
-    "led":true,
-    "maxch":14,
-    "macSt":"aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff",
-    "macAP":"00:11:22:33:44:55",
-    "chtime":384,
-    "minDeauths":3,
-    "attacktimeout":600,
-    "forcepackets":3,
-    "deauthspertarget":20,
-    "deauthReason":1,
-    "beaconchannel":false,
-    "beaconInterval":false,
-    "randomTX":false,
-    "probesPerSSID":1
+{
+    "version": "over9000",
+    "ssid": "pwned",
+    "password": "deauther",
+    "channel": 1,
+    "hidden": false,
+    "captivePortal": true,
+    "lang": "en",
+    "autosave": true,
+    "autosavetime": 30000,
+    "display": false,
+    "displayTimeout": 600,
+    "serial": true,
+    "serialEcho": true,
+    "web": true,
+    "led": true,
+    "maxch": 14,
+    "macSt": "aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff",
+    "macAP": "00:11:22:33:44:55",
+    "chtime": 384,
+    "minDeauths": 3,
+    "attacktimeout": 600,
+    "deauthspertarget": 20,
+    "deauthReason": 1,
+    "beaconchannel": false,
+    "beaconInterval": false,
+    "randomTX": false,
+    "probesPerSSID": 1
 }