Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:35:18 -0400 From: "Michael W. Oliver" <michael@gargantuan.com> To: Brad Schonhorst <bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kismet adn atheros Message-ID: <20050828023518.GH71063@gargantuan.com> In-Reply-To: <4310D688.40408@vcsnyc.org> References: <4310D688.40408@vcsnyc.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2005-08-27T21:09:28+0000, Brad Schonhorst wrote: > #ps -aux | egrep kismet > root 663 0.0 0.2 2860 2108 p1 S 8:39PM 0:01.41 > /usr/local/bin/kismet_server --silent > > Kismet_server hung on for some reason, lets kill it off > #kill -9 663 Others and I have reported this too. Annoying but I will live... > Lets see if that did the trick > #ifconfig > ath0:flags=28943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,PPROMISC> > mtu 1500 > inet6 fe80::211:f5ff:fe60:1764%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3 > ether 00:11:f5:60:17:64 > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor> > status: associated > ssid "" channel 11 > authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 52 protmode CTS bintval 100 > > Not really, so lets try one of the suggested commands to pull out of > promisc and monitor modes > #ifconfig ath0 -promisc mediaopt -monitor > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured > > Hmm, may not have need the mediaopt flag > #ifconfig ath0 -promisc -monitor I think you want... ifconfig ath0 -promisc -mediaopt monitor (note that you must kill off kismet_server or the above command will have no effect (at least on my system)). I wish someone knew why kismet won't channel hop... -- Mike Oliver [see complete headers for contact information] [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDESLmsWv7q8X6o8kRAtavAJ9dGEjQFfzkUr1u+Fev4jFwVaePFQCdHbZh I98lMo9Zjr7X2HOcaN7zbEM= =lvAl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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