Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:35:12 +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: <1124915713.798.4.camel@genius1.i.cz> In-Reply-To: <56287.168.100.249.178.1124853510.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> References: <56287.168.100.249.178.1124853510.squirrel@www.geekisp.com>
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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. > 3) run ifconfig ath0 ssid = ENTERNAME (other commands as needed) > 4) run dhclient > > Are there any other options, I'd like to avoid rebooting after running > Kismet. I feel like I must be missing something. ifconfig destroy won't > work for some reason, I'm guessing its because the entry comes from Kismet > rather than the ifconfig create command. Any other tools to see what > access points are floating around out there? > > I understand the bsd airtools contains dstumbler but it won't work with > the Atheros chipset. Curious though, do you need to reboot after using > dstumbler? > > I've configured the kernel with ath_rate_onoe, using ATHEROS 5212 Super AG > card. > > -brad > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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