FreeBSD + Orinoco + Kismet howto????

MattRK · 12-13-2004

Does anyone know of a howto explaining in a somewhat detailed way of how to do this? I've read the hundreds of linux + orinoco + kismet tutorials, but obviously those dont help.

Thanks!!

-Matt

G8tK33per · 12-13-2004

Have you tried any Free BSD sites or Kismet Wireless?

MattRK · 12-13-2004

Well, i have looked around the kismet wireless site. In thier documentation they dont seem to mention orinoco working on FreeBSD. So i dont know if its even possible.

I could probably get everything working on my own. The only thing i need to know is if i have to do anything to the drivers. In linux, the orinoco drivers have to be patched. Is this the case in freebsd? If they are already patched, i'm sure i can go install kismet and be on my merry way.

-Matt

wrzwaldo · 12-13-2004

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattRK

Well, i have looked around the kismet wireless site. In thier documentation they dont seem to mention orinoco working on FreeBSD. So i dont know if its even possible.

I could probably get everything working on my own. The only thing i need to know is if i have to do anything to the drivers. In linux, the orinoco drivers have to be patched. Is this the case in freebsd? If they are already patched, i'm sure i can go install kismet and be on my merry way.

-Matt

That just depends on what distro you use.

KoreK · 12-13-2004

Why don't you just compile kismet, set it up and see if it works. Apparently recent kernels support rfmon (=monitor) mode. Orinoco is a peculiarity in linux because unlike most other wireless modules (hostap, madwifi, prism54, wlan-ng....), it doesn't implement monitor mode out of the box (at least until quite recently, I don't use it so I might be wrong).

Anyway from the kismet README:

Code:

FreeBSD
      Known supported cards: Atheros, Prism2, WSP100, Drone, wtapfile, pcapfile

      FreeBSD-current adds a common Radiotap packet header format.  Thanks
      to Sam Leffler, Kismet supports the radiotap headers and should work with
      current FreeBSD systems.

      FreeBSD users should configure with the --enable-syspcap to get mutlidlt
      support.

I already hear the bin trap opening.

RedSector · 12-13-2004

FreeBSD's site has most anything you would want to know.
Wi driver:http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4
Wireless Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...-wireless.html

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KoreK Banned in DC Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 102	Why don't you just compile kismet, set it up and see if it works. Apparently recent kernels support rfmon (=monitor) mode. Orinoco is a peculiarity in linux because unlike most other wireless modules (hostap, madwifi, prism54, wlan-ng....), it doesn't implement monitor mode out of the box (at least until quite recently, I don't use it so I might be wrong). Anyway from the kismet README: Code: FreeBSD Known supported cards: Atheros, Prism2, WSP100, Drone, wtapfile, pcapfile FreeBSD-current adds a common Radiotap packet header format. Thanks to Sam Leffler, Kismet supports the radiotap headers and should work with current FreeBSD systems. FreeBSD users should configure with the --enable-syspcap to get mutlidlt support. I already hear the bin trap opening.

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RedSector Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 673	FreeBSD's site has most anything you would want to know. Wi driver:http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4 Wireless Handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO...-wireless.html Last edited by RedSector : 12-13-2004 at 09:43 PM.

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MattRK Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 29	Well, i have looked around the kismet wireless site. In thier documentation they dont seem to mention orinoco working on FreeBSD. So i dont know if its even possible. I could probably get everything working on my own. The only thing i need to know is if i have to do anything to the drivers. In linux, the orinoco drivers have to be patched. Is this the case in freebsd? If they are already patched, i'm sure i can go install kismet and be on my merry way. -Matt