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Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Tallis77 on March 18, 2004, 10:30:44 pm

I am trying to get Kismet to work on a SL-5600 running the
sharp ROM version 1.32.  I installed kismet successfully
and then installed the kismet qt interface.  When the Kismet
app comes up, it goes to the \"Config\" tab.  In that config
tab, I specify:

  Scheme:  Sharp3x-prism2
  Channel:  All US
  Next to SSID: Summary

  (X) Disable Suspend
  (X) Beep on New
  (  ) Disable logging

I then press the \"Restart\" button.  The light on my SMC wireless
card lights up and starts to blink rapidly.  But after a few seconds,
I get the following error message:  \"Can\'t connect to the server\"

I know that I am close.  I think kismet sees the card and it is
gathering information.  But the GUI can\'t see that info because
it can\'t connect.  I have already held down the Kismet icon and
set it to \"Execute with root privilege\".  Is there anything else I
can do to debug the situation?  Are there some command line
commands I can try to see if kismet is working correctly?

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Tallis77 on March 18, 2004, 10:50:43 pm

I suppose I should also mention the versions of the software
I have installed:

kismet:     Feb.04.01
kismet-qt: 2.0.0

Could it be that these are not compatible?

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: RichS on March 18, 2004, 10:58:05 pm

I got the same results out of the 04.01 release. So I went back to the 2.8.1 version which seems to work just fine with the 1.32 roms and kismet-qt.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: yeswarchief on March 18, 2004, 11:21:13 pm

i had the same problem, but running as root fixed it... hmm

what happens when you execute kismet_server command?

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Tallis77 on March 18, 2004, 11:40:22 pm

When I run kismet_server with no arguments, I get a bus error.
Where is the older version of kismet?  I can try that.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: toadatrix on March 18, 2004, 11:45:33 pm

PM me and I\'ll email you the older 2.81 version.  It works fine.  I had the same problems as you before I found it.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: RichS on March 18, 2004, 11:46:58 pm

I don\'t honestly remember where I got it. Here or zsi? The filename is kismet-zaurus-arm-2.8.1.tar.gz and maybe a quick search would find it. The ipk is inside the archive.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Tallis77 on March 18, 2004, 11:58:13 pm

I found version 2.6.0 on the zaurus software index and that
seems to work!  Should I try to find 2.8.1 (is it better than
2.6.0)?

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: RichS on March 19, 2004, 12:42:21 am

I don\'t know. 2.8.1 is the first version I used... But I\'m glad to hear you got it working!
Now if we can all figure out how to get the new versions working???

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: RichS on March 19, 2004, 12:45:12 am

A quick P.S.

here is 2.8.1:
http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=116 (http://www.killefiz.de/zaurus/showdetail.php?app=116)
or
http://www.kismetwireless.net/code/kismet-...rm-2.8.1.tar.gz (http://www.kismetwireless.net/code/kismet-zaurus-arm-2.8.1.tar.gz)

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: toadatrix on March 19, 2004, 01:03:02 am

You may want to disable logging or every time you start Kismet you\'ll be creating another file on your Zaurus.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Irongeek on March 19, 2004, 10:34:51 am

I worked with it for awhile and here are my instructions for getting Kismet 3.1 to work (under OZ, dont know about the sharp rom):

http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?submenu=zaur.../wardrivingapps (http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?submenu=zaurus/zaurusheader&page=zaurus/wardrivingapps)

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: wavz on March 25, 2004, 02:45:18 pm

I have the same setup and also have to use Kismet 2.8.1 with Kismet_qt 2.0 but I do not have a taskbar icon for Kismet.  Is every one having this issue also?  I start up Kismet and view the packets through the GUI but I have no icon in taskbar so if I fire up wlanmon or another util kismet loses focus and I have to jump through hoops to get it back.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Joeboo on May 03, 2004, 03:59:22 pm

Same prob here.

Is kismet-qt a stand-alone program or is it a UI shell for the console version of kismet?  Do I need to install anything besides the kismet-qt 2.0.0 ipk?

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: xamindar on May 03, 2004, 04:11:51 pm

Its just a gui shell for the command line version.  I have never had a problem with the taskbar icon not being there so can\'t help you there.

Title: How to get Kismet to work on SL-5600 with Sharp Rom
Post by: Joeboo on May 04, 2004, 07:10:20 am

Actually, I was talking about the cannot connect to the server message.  I guess I just skimmed the posts about no Icon.  

I think I have it working now.  At least the error message doesn\'t pop up.  I don\'t have WiFi at home yet to test it, but I am going wardriving during lunch today to see what pops up.  

Does kismet qt say anyting once it is running properly to let you know its scanning?  The LCD on the card flashes, but the program is idle.  (not stopped or locked up, just idle)

Thanks

(ps.  on the sourceforge page for this program there is a message which describes running \'kismet_monitor\', \'kismet_hopper\', and \'kismet_server\' from terminal before you start kismet qt.  Is this necessary?  or is this a fix for a different problem.)