Netstumbler for Linux

joeca12 · 12-05-2002

Is there a package to download for Linux?

Or is Kimset the way to go?

Thorn · 12-05-2002

NS is win32. Get Kismet. There are others wardriving programs for Linux, too. Search around.

godsmoke · 12-07-2002

Kismet is far better than netstumbler in features, and in the fact that it's passive.

There's no reason not to use kismet.

-=heineken=- · 12-07-2002

Kismet is pretty good! You will pick up a lot more AP's with it being passive....

kleptophobiac · 12-07-2002

Well, its only passive if you tell it to be. There are still probe packets unless you turn them off. I love kismet, I just wish the interface were a bit prettier, to match the gtk airsnort and ethereal that I also have on screen.

I also wish that it measured in DBm rather than that funny scale... which goes from zero to 130 (when I'm pointing my 31 db dish right at it from across the room)

godsmoke · 12-09-2002

No, there are no probe packets by default. Unless you have your card in monitor mode, kismet will not work. Monitor mode disables the card from sending probe packets.

novocane · 12-09-2002

Actually, some cards can send packets while in monitor mode (Cisco). I wouldn't rely on the fact that a card is in monitor mode as a guarantee that it is passive.

joeca12 · 12-09-2002

how do I put my card in monitor mode. I am running Red-Hat 8.0 with the Orinoco Gold card. The card seems to be working. It is active and the lights are blinking. Everytime I try and run Kimset it says your card is not in monitor mode.

Thanks

Can you recommend any sites for Linux newbies thar will help me understand unpacking files and installing them.

-=heineken=- · 12-09-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by joeca12
how do I put my card in monitor mode. I am running Red-Hat 8.0 with the Orinoco Gold card. The card seems to be working. It is active and the lights are blinking. Everytime I try and run Kimset it says your card is not in monitor mode.

Thanks

Can you recommend any sites for Linux newbies thar will help me understand unpacking files and installing them.

Have you patched the orinoco driver with the monitor mode patch?? Do an iwpriv eth1 (eth1 being your interface for the orinoco card). The last line should be monitor. If so all you need to do is run kismet_monitor -H as root before launching kismet.

godsmoke · 12-09-2002

Quote:

Originally posted by novocane
Actually, some cards can send packets while in monitor mode (Cisco). I wouldn't rely on the fact that a card is in monitor mode as a guarantee that it is passive.

Yes, this is a known problem with some of the cisco cards. This is not actually true monitor mode, which is why this cannot apply. The ciscos were built this way, and anyone with a cisco should have already read up on the dangers of using one with Kismet or at all while wardriving.

12-05-2002	#1 (permalink)
joeca12 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: California Posts: 6	Netstumbler for Linux Is there a package to download for Linux? Or is Kimset the way to go? __________________ Teach me more

12-05-2002	#2 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,351	NS is win32. Get Kismet. There are others wardriving programs for Linux, too. Search around. __________________ Thorn "Read Altas Shrugged. Compare it to today. Repeat as necessary"

12-07-2002	#3 (permalink)
godsmoke Student / Sys Admn. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 78	Kismet is far better than netstumbler in features, and in the fact that it's passive. There's no reason not to use kismet. __________________ -godsmoke

12-09-2002	#6 (permalink)
godsmoke Student / Sys Admn. Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: NYC, USA Posts: 78	No, there are no probe packets by default. Unless you have your card in monitor mode, kismet will not work. Monitor mode disables the card from sending probe packets. __________________ -godsmoke

12-09-2002	#8 (permalink)
joeca12 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: California Posts: 6	how do I put my card in monitor mode. I am running Red-Hat 8.0 with the Orinoco Gold card. The card seems to be working. It is active and the lights are blinking. Everytime I try and run Kimset it says your card is not in monitor mode. Thanks Can you recommend any sites for Linux newbies thar will help me understand unpacking files and installing them. __________________ Teach me more

12-07-2002	#5 (permalink)
kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	Well, its only passive if you tell it to be. There are still probe packets unless you turn them off. I love kismet, I just wish the interface were a bit prettier, to match the gtk airsnort and ethereal that I also have on screen. I also wish that it measured in DBm rather than that funny scale... which goes from zero to 130 (when I'm pointing my 31 db dish right at it from across the room)

12-09-2002	#7 (permalink)
novocane Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6	Actually, some cards can send packets while in monitor mode (Cisco). I wouldn't rely on the fact that a card is in monitor mode as a guarantee that it is passive.

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