Kismet does not see my wireless card...

[thedp]

Hello again,

I'm trying to run kismet from BT3 but I get the following error:

bt ~ # start-kismet-ng
wlan0           Unknown         Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED)

Sorry i could not identify any wlan interfaced
i will exit now

My card is recognized (wlan0) and even connected to a wireless network. Is that bug in BT3, or is it another Intel 3945 card issue.


Thank you.


P.S: Why can't I post anywhere else on the forums?

[Barry]

http://kismetwireless.net/Forum/Equi...6562769.454711

[thedp]

I will try do this, but this might not be the best solution, since I'm using a liveCD, and I would to keep using a liveCD.


Thank you.

[thedp]

Well that didn't work, I get too many errors. It asked me to install ieee80211, so I tried and got more errors. Are those kind of installations are supported using a liveCD?

[.lonewolf]

I'm trying to run kismet from BT3 but I get the following error:
Code:
bt ~ # start-kismet-ng
wlan0 Unknown Unknown (MONITOR MODE NOT SUPPORTED)

Sorry i could not identify any wlan interfaced
i will exit now
My card is recognized (wlan0) and even connected to a wireless network. Is that bug in BT3, or is it another Intel 3945 card issue.


Thank you.


P.S: Why can't I post anywhere else on the forums?

It's telling you that that driver that's using wlan0 does not support "Monitor Mode"

You have to load the ipwraw driver to change to monitor mode.

After loading the ipwraw drivers run the command iwconfig to see if it uses wifi# or eth#, then configure the sources in the kismet.conf file accordingly.

P.S. You have to wait three days before getting full member status... then you'll be able to post elsewhere on the forum

[thedp]

Ok, I've tried to load the IP Raw driver, provided in the menu... But it's incorrect.
So after a short lookup I've found this fix in backtrack wiki:

Incorrect menu items

Backtrack>Radio Network Analysis>80211>Misc

Fix:

* Load IPW 3945/4965

Command: modprobe ipwraw && rmmod ipwraw & load && cd /root;sudo -s
Workpath: /usr/src/drivers/iwlwifi-1.0.0/

* Load IPWRAW

Command: unload && modprobe ipwraw && cd /root;sudo -s
Workpath: /usr/src/drivers/iwlwifi-1.0.0/

-pureh@te confirmed -PrairieFire

I executed the fix.

Then I execute iwconfig, but this time my wlan0 interface was gone, and all was left is wifi0, so I set the source parameter in /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf to wifi0. But when I run kismet, it only gives me the following message:

bt ~ # start-kismet-ng

Sorry i could not identify any wlan interfaced
i will exit now

Notice that now it no longer indicates any interface (wlan0).


What should I do now?

[Calix]

I've got the same issue when trying to start Kismet with start-kismet-ng.

I've even manually changed the /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf, made sure the card is in monitor mode (with airmon-ng) but then I get another error when starting with ./kismet:

FATAL: Specifying a uid-0 user for the priv drop is pointless.

[theprez98]

I've got the same issue when trying to start Kismet with start-kismet-ng.

I've even manually changed the /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf, made sure the card is in monitor mode (with airmon-ng) but then I get another error when starting with ./kismet:

FATAL: Specifying a uid-0 user for the priv drop is pointless.

This error has absolutely nothing to do with your card, and everything to do with suid privilege dropping in your kismet.conf file.

[.lonewolf]

bt ~ # start-kismet-ng

Sorry i could not identify any wlan interfaced
i will exit now

Notice that now it no longer indicates any interface (wlan0).

What should I do now?

After loading IPWRAW

Try:

airmon-ng start wifi0

then

kismet

[Calix]

What you suggest .Lonewolf is what I've tried. first loading ipwraw, then using airmon-ng to put into monitor mode and start-kismet-ng. The result was the cannot find wireless interface error.

Next added manually a SOURCE in the /usr/local/etc/kimset.conf.

then again but started kismet by using "kismet" instead of start-kimset-ng: then the suid error appears...

any ideas?