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Kismet loads but can\'t find any wifi networks.
« on: May 07, 2004, 08:44:53 pm »
I am running the sharp rom 3.10 on an sl5500.  I installed kismet and the kismet qt gui.
Is there any additional software that I need to install in order to make kismet work?

I load kismet from a command prompt as root and I get no errors.  Then I run the kismet gui program and it loads just fine.  However, for some reason, I can\'t detect any networks.  When I load the gui, the light starts flashing on my linksys wfc11 cf card.  Any suggestions?

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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2004, 11:55:19 pm »
CHA-CHING!  BADA-BING!  It works!

http://www.timekiller.org/howtos/kismet-5600.html

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« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2004, 02:02:49 am »
hi, i have a sl-5600, and kismet keeps giving me a \"bus error\", i think theres a problem in my kismet.conf file. Would you mind posting or emailing copies of your kismet.conf and related files... thanks in advance,

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« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2004, 12:28:44 pm »
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hi, i have a sl-5600, and kismet keeps giving me a \"bus error\", i think theres a problem in my kismet.conf file. Would you mind posting or emailing copies of your kismet.conf and related files... thanks in advance,


I think this depends more on the version of Kismet you are trying to run. I also had bus errors with the most recent ARM version from Kismetwireless:
http://www.kismetwireless.net/code/kismet-...4-R1-arm.tar.gz

However rolling back to an earlier version (3.01 I think), it works fine. There\'s a link on the Kismet SL-6000 How to:
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...0the%20SL-6000L

I hope this helps,

Craig...
SL-6000
ROM v1.12 (Sharp)
Belkin F8U1500 IR Keyboard
1 GB SD Card by SanDisk (ext2)

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« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2004, 10:04:28 am »
Thnaks for the info. The Bus error is gone by going back to kismet 3.01. Still working on the config. I think i\'m very close. Finger s crossed!

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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2004, 02:13:17 am »
Ok, i got it working but had to use \"source = prism2_legacy,....\" in kismet.conf;
i guess this is without pcap support.

Pcap- 0.7.2 is installed.

Also Kismet does not work on the command line, yet kismet_qt works ....Strange ...

What drivers are others using in Kismet?


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tkc ROM 1.1rc1
Wireless CF Card SMC 2642W

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« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2004, 09:24:07 am »
I have the same problem too.  Gui works, but command line doesnt.

Any one have any suggestions on how to get it to work?
Sharp Zaurus SL-5600 with Qtopia V1.5.4 (Rom V1.32)
64Mb CF, 128Mb CF, 256Mb Viking SD
CF Camera Card,  SMC2642W CF WiFi card
NuShield Screen protector,  Tungsten T3 Stylus

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« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2004, 12:18:22 pm »
The default kismet script launches kismet_client too soon, i.e. before kismet_server is ready to connect.

edit the \"kismet\" shell script and add a sleep 5  (or such) between the server and client starter sections.

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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2004, 06:22:21 pm »
Are you getting it to sniff in promiscuis mode?


John
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