Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:13:41 +0200 From: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> To: Brad Schonhorst <bschonhorst@vcsnyc.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kismet and atheros Message-ID: <1124961221.852.9.camel@genius1.i.cz> In-Reply-To: <1124915713.798.4.camel@genius1.i.cz> References: <56287.168.100.249.178.1124853510.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> <1124915713.798.4.camel@genius1.i.cz>
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Michal Mertl wrote: > Brad Schonhorst wrote: > > I have been using an iBook since OS X came about but recently decided it > > was time to give BSD a try. I picked up a new TINY Fujitsu P7010 and now > > have it running FreeBSD 6 - current circa July > > > > Wireless support was obviously a must for the laptop ( hence running > > CURRENT to get support for my Atheros card. ) As someone new to BSD > > wireless I was wondering if you guys could share with me some of your > > favorite tools for wireless use. I have been somewhat frustrated with the > > steps I currently take to discover new wireless access points. > > > > To get wireless access: > > > > 1) Run Kismet, find some SSIDs that are open > > 2) Reboot! I can't seem to get my card out of Promisc mode otherwise > > You can control promiscuous mode of a running card with ifconfig ath0 > [-]promisc. The card may end up also in monitor mode. You can disable > monitor mode with ifconfig ath0 mediaopt -monitor. I've just noticed I wrote the second command wrongly - it's 'ifconfig ath0 -mediaopt monitor'. Michal
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