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Wanderer · 03-24-2003

The ones with <no ssid> aren't going to be seen by netstumbler.. However, some of the ones that don't have brackets around them have been "uncloaked" and still won't be seen by netstumbler..

Once they've been uncloaked, they get stored in a hidden directory called .kismet under the uid of the user that you run kismet as as a file called ssid_map. After that, they're not in brackets anymore. As soon ask kismet sees that network again, it automatically populates the ssid.

In kismet_client, it's still shown as being in brackets. Even if you uncloaked it last time you ran the program, kismet takes and stores the mapping in the ssid_map file, and remembers it next time your run the software...

It's a little confusing. The .csv and .network files don't give any indication of whether the network is/was cloaked or not..
This sometimes causes problems, when the ssid of a network changes and is still cloaked. You will see the old cached data out of the ssid_map instead of the current data...

03-24-2003	#5 (permalink)
Wanderer Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 70	The ones with <no ssid> aren't going to be seen by netstumbler.. However, some of the ones that don't have brackets around them have been "uncloaked" and still won't be seen by netstumbler.. Once they've been uncloaked, they get stored in a hidden directory called .kismet under the uid of the user that you run kismet as as a file called ssid_map. After that, they're not in brackets anymore. As soon ask kismet sees that network again, it automatically populates the ssid. In kismet_client, it's still shown as being in brackets. Even if you uncloaked it last time you ran the program, kismet takes and stores the mapping in the ssid_map file, and remembers it next time your run the software... It's a little confusing. The .csv and .network files don't give any indication of whether the network is/was cloaked or not.. This sometimes causes problems, when the ssid of a network changes and is still cloaked. You will see the old cached data out of the ssid_map instead of the current data... Last edited by Wanderer : 03-24-2003 at 01:48 PM.