running kismet on Asus eeepc 900

ambasite

anyone got this working? tried some kismet conf files from searching on google but still no joy. is this correct line on conf file for sources?

source=madwifi_g,wifi0,atheros

http://www.petrilopia.net/wordpress/security-and-hacking/wardriving-asus-eeepc/

niallb

source=madwifi_g,wifi0,atheros should work iff you are using the madwifi driver for your card.
The driver depends on what kernel you are running.
source=ath5k,ath0,wifi might suit your kernel better.

What distribution are you using?
Can you post up the output of these commands?
It'll help sort out which driver you're using,
and therefore what line you should be using.

lspci

lsmod

uname -a

ambasite

niallb wrote: »

source=madwifi_g,wifi0,atheros should work iff you are using the madwifi driver for your card.
The driver depends on what kernel you are running.
source=ath5k,ath0,wifi might suit your kernel better.

What distribution are you using?
Can you post up the output of these commands?
It'll help sort out which driver you're using,
and therefore what line you should be using.

thanks Niall.

running Eeebuntu Standard Edition 3.0

barry@forbin:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 04)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 04)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 04)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 04)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 04)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 04)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. L2 100 Mbit Ethernet Adapter (rev a0)

barry@forbin:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
ppp_deflate            12800  0 
zlib_deflate           28312  1 ppp_deflate
bsd_comp               13568  0 
ppp_async              16896  1 
crc_ccitt              10112  1 ppp_async
option                 28036  1 
i915                   65540  2 
drm                    96296  3 i915
binfmt_misc            16776  1 
ppdev                  15620  0 
bridge                 56340  0 
stp                    10500  1 bridge
bnep                   20224  2 
input_polldev          11912  0 
joydev                 18368  0 
lp                     17156  0 
parport                42220  2 ppdev,lp
i2c_i801               17296  0 
pcspkr                 10496  0 
psmouse                61972  0 
serio_raw              13316  0 
iTCO_wdt               19108  0 
iTCO_vendor_support    11652  1 iTCO_wdt
uvcvideo               63240  0 
compat_ioctl32          9344  1 uvcvideo
videodev               41600  1 uvcvideo
v4l1_compat            21764  2 uvcvideo,videodev
arc4                    9856  2 
ecb                    10752  2 
snd_hda_intel         435636  3 
snd_pcm_oss            46336  0 
snd_mixer_oss          22656  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                82948  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
ath5k                 107008  0 
snd_seq_dummy          10756  0 
mac80211              217208  1 ath5k
led_class              12036  1 ath5k
snd_seq_oss            37760  0 
snd_seq_midi           14336  0 
cfg80211               38032  2 ath5k,mac80211
snd_rawmidi            29696  1 snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event     15104  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
atl2                   34200  0 
snd_seq                56880  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              29704  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14988  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd                    62628  15 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore              15200  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         16904  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
intel_agp              34108  1 
agpgart                42696  3 drm,intel_agp
video                  25360  0 
output                 11008  1 video
eeepc_laptop           18452  0 
usb_storage            82880  0 
fbcon                  46112  0 
tileblit               10752  1 fbcon
font                   16384  1 fbcon
bitblit                13824  1 fbcon
softcursor              9984  1 bitblit

barry@forbin:~$ uname -a
Linux forbin 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

niallb

This is your wireless card
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x 802.11abg Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

ath5k is the driver it's using
ath5k 107008 0
mac80211 217208 1 ath5k
led_class 12036 1 ath5k
cfg80211 38032 2 ath5k,mac80211

As you're using the ath5k driver, the madwifi line would never have worked for you.
The source line given above is close.
The first item is the name of the driver/module, the second the interface, and the third is just a label really.

Run 'ifconfig' to find the name of your interface. It may not be called ath0.
If it's for example wlan0 the line will need to change to:
source=ath5k,wlan0,wifi
Other distros may call it eth1 or wifi0. Doesn't matter what it's called, but it must match.

I'll suggest signing up for a beta test account for JoliCloud.
Your login details will take a few days to come back, but it's the best outofbox experience for an Asus EEE PC I've tried.
It's a well polished install of Ubuntu NBR optimised for specific netbook hardware. It's added a new breath of life to my 701.

ambasite

excellent, that worked. will have a look at Jolicloud, have tried a few others - Easy Peasy, Cruncheee and Fluxflux but stuck on Eeebuntu 3.0 at the moment, no complaints so far.

PogMoThoin

I've got the exact same problem, Thanks from me also niallb. Funnily enough though I had no problem getting kismet to run on CrunchBang before I wiped it in favour of Eeebuntu 2 weeks ago. Its a package I use regularly for work.


Like ambasite, I've tried several distro's, UbuntuEee, Easy Peasy, CrunchBang, PuppEee etc and Eeebuntu is the best I've found for my Eee 2G Surf, none of the others ran as well as Eeebuntu, (most were too big to fit even, I had to remove packages from Easy Peasy to get it to fit)

I've signed up for Jolicloud, You've not got an invite by any chance, looks great

niallb

invite took about 5 days to arrive.
Cruncheee was my favorite until then,
though backtrack is also worth a look.

Jolicloud is pure ubuntu with a very neat web frontend. The concept is good.

PogMoThoin

Just got an invite

Whig

ambasite wrote: »

anyone got this working? tried some kismet conf files from searching on google but still no joy. is this correct line on conf file for sources?

source=madwifi_g,wifi0,atheros

http://www.petrilopia.net/wordpress/security-and-hacking/wardriving-asus-eeepc/

That works ok for me. Is there something wrong on that what I have wrote to my site? Just wondering cos if I have wrote something wrong I will fix it or add something what is missing from there

niallb

Hi Whig,
good article if the wardriving blog is yours!

Your piece is correct, just there are more variables than just the driver.
You've covered the option for where it is madwifi_g or ath5k .
That depends on the kernel driver being used.
There is also a somewhat arbitrary interface name,
and that is distribution dependent.

Might be worth adding a line under Misc saying something like:

depending on your distribution, it may be worth replacing ath0 or wifi0 with wlan0 or even eth0.
Run the command iwconfig to get some idea of what your active wireless interface is and use that.

Capt'n Midnight

Acer Aspire uses an atheros card too

the trick here in ubuntu is to use the built in driver and not the propietary one in hardware drivers

Whig

niallb wrote: »

Hi Whig,
good article if the wardriving blog is yours!

It's my blog yes Thank you about your feedback.

Your piece is correct, just there are more variables than just the driver.
You've covered the option for where it is madwifi_g or ath5k .
That depends on the kernel driver being used.
There is also a somewhat arbitrary interface name,
and that is distribution dependent.

I will add those line what you wrote but I have to ask (because I'm not sure) can wireless device normally be eth0?

Ps.
I can hardly wait if I get my Nokia N900 tomorrow... then I just have to try to find kismet for it and test :-D

Ps2: If any body have any idea about things what I could test and write something about those to my blog... Let me know