Joe -
No Problem.
Does tcpdump work? The interface is indicated as any ethernet interface
would be.
I have a WDN4800 that I am trying to make work as an AP. It is flakey. I
just tried the new drivers (backports-20140501)
and got no change in function. The new driver also does not support the
wireless-tools kit. That may be your trouble below.
I have to be honest. I have only been working this issue for a couple of
months. But I have been using kismet for some
time. Technically, the ath9k is NOT in the kismet support list
(README-2013.03.1-r1).
B.
Circa 15:18, 5 Jun 2014, a note, claiming source Joe M <joe9m...@gmail.com>,
was sent to me:
Date sent: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 15:18:56 -0500
From: Joe M <joe9m...@gmail.com>
To: Bill Scherr IV <bsch...@cotse.net>
Subject: Re: [ath9k-devel] kismet with ath9k card
> Hello Bill,
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
> > I was able to capture packets with tcpdump on a monitor port.
> > That worked really well. Of course I wasn't changing
> > frequencies three times a second, or at all for that matter.
>
> Good to know that tcpdump helps. I am/was trying to use kismet to figure
> out if I could use some other unused wireless channel. I guess it is a
> little harder to do with tcpdump.
>
> > The "new" utility "iw" will add a "monitor" port. This will let
> > tcpdump capture all of the management frames. Do:
> >
> > iw dev wlan0 interface add fish0 -type monitor ...
> > where
> >
> > wlan0 is your existing interface name
> > fish0 can be just about anything - will be your new interface name
> > monitor is a specific type - others include mp & wds
> > there are also six flags to a monitor port
> >
> > I don't have a time to write an iw howto. Look up iw, specifically @
> > wireless.kernel.org.
> >
> > You will have to match ncsource to your new I/F name.
> Do you mean adding the line "ncsource=fish0" to /etc/kismet.conf? Or,
> is there an ncsource for tcpdump configuration?
>
> Anyway, I tried with "ncsource=fish0" in /etc/kismet.conf and it did
> not help.
>
> INFO: No spectools= line in config file, will not try to use spectools for
> spectrum data
> INFO: Activated plugin '/usr/lib64/kismet/spectool_net.so': 'SPECTOOL'
> '2013-03-R0'
> INFO: Kismet starting to gather packets
> INFO: Bringing down primary interface 'fish0' to prevent wpa_supplicant
> and NetworkManager from trying to configure it
> ERROR: mode get ioctl failed 95:Operation not supported
> ERROR: Failed to get current wireless mode for interface 'fish0mon', check
> your configuration and consult the Kismet README file
>
> Thanks and Sorry for the bother,
> Joe
>
Thought for the day:
Bagpipes (n): an octopus wearing a kilt.
Bill Scherr IV
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