Kismet on Atheros [ AR2413 ] - Acer Aspire 5100 Laptop

[wetdirtmud]

I've been trying to learn WEP cracking for obvious security reasons / I have some free time. There seems to be a problem when I try running kismet though as follows:

root@bt:/bin# kismet
Launching kismet_server: //usr/bin/kismet_server
Suid priv-dropping disabled.  This may not be secure.
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Non-RFMon VAPs will be destroyed on multi-vap interfaces (ie, madwifi-ng)
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
NOTICE: Disabling channel hopping, no enabled sources are able to change channel.
Source 0 (intel): Enabling monitor mode for iwl3945 source interface wlan0 channel 6...
FATAL: GetIFFlags: interface wlan0: No such device
Done.

At first it was not showing any kind of connection from the device so i used

modprobe ath5k
sudo ip link set ath0 up
sudo iwconfig ath0 essid any

Still i'd receive the same error as above. I'm sure I'm doing something completely wrong.The compatability list says this device is support but not right away [something is disabled apparently and I'm guessing I'm missing it..]

Here's some additional information; and thank you in advance!

root@bt:/bin# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wifi0     no wireless extensions.

ath0      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"dd-wrt"  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:10:F8:2E:44
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   Sensitivity=1/1
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=31/70  Signal level=-65 dBm  Noise level=-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:1663  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

06:02.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)
        Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Device 0418
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 96, IRQ 22
        Memory at b0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
        Kernel modules: ath5k, ath_pci

[personal]

Hey man,

We have the same laptops but I am wondering why you have Atheros AR2413? I own an Acer 5100 but I have Atheros AR5005G. Are you using a different device for Wireless?

[Archangel-Amael]

Hey man,

We have the same laptops but I am wondering why you have Atheros AR2413? I own an Acer 5100 but I have Atheros AR5005G. Are you using a different device for Wireless?

Because the prices of the hardware changes generally on a daily basis, as such the OEM's tend to go with a cheaper option that way they can continue to charge you the same price, but keep a bigger portion of said money as profit. Or they just ran out of the 'other' one, and had to go with a replacement.

[imported_cybrsnpr]

OP: Change the source= line in the /etc/kismet/kismet.conf file to reflect your specific driver and interface:

 source=madwifi_g,ath0,ath0

If your card can cover 802.11a, you may want to change the first field to reflect accordingly. All this information is covered in the kismet documentation.

[wetdirtmud]

Okay I tried doing the

source=madwifi_g,ath0,ath0

fix, however, I'm getting a new error now.

Launching kismet_server; //usr/bin/kismet_server
Suid priv-dropping disabled. This may not be secure.
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Non-RFMon- VAPs will be destroyed on multi-vap interfaces (ie, madwifi-ng)
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
NOTICE: Disabling channel hopping, no enabled sources are able to change channel.
Source 0 (ath0): Enabling monitor mode for madwifi_g source interface ath0 channel 6...
WARNING: Could not get mode of vap ath0::wifi0, skipping
ERROR: Unable to create VAP; Operation not supported
ERROR: Unable to create monitor-mode VAP
WARNING: ath0 appears to not accept the Madwifi-NG controls. Will attempt to configure it as a standard Madwifi-old interface. If you are using madwifi-ng, be sure to set the source interface to the wifiX control interface, NOT athX
FATAL: 'get_mode' does not return interger parameters.
Done.

So I guess my question is now - how would i put the card from ath0 to wifi0 ?

Thank you in advance!

[imported_cybrsnpr]

Didn't realize you are using ath5k drivers. Change your source from madwifi_g to ath5k.

Again, it's all in the DOCUMENTATION, specifically under "Capture Sources"

[wetdirtmud]

Didn't realize you are using ath5k drivers. Change your source from madwifi_g to ath5k.

Again, it's all in the [omitted], specifically under "Capture Sources"

Worked perfectly. Thank you very much cybrsnpr!