kismet adn atheros

[Michael W. Oliver]

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
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