BackTrack2 LiveCD - running Kismet on Toshiba L35?

I'm trying to run Kismet on my Toshiba L35 laptop (Atheros wireless)
using the BackTrack2 LiveCD, but I can't get there. If anyone has
been able to do that, please tell me exactly how.

Or, if there's a better way - a better LiveCD for that purpose -
that info would be great too. I just want to run Kismet, nothing
else, and I don't know Linux at all.

Thanks very much.

Peabody wrote:
> I'm trying to run Kismet on my Toshiba L35 laptop (Atheros wireless)
> using the BackTrack2 LiveCD, but I can't get there. If anyone has
> been able to do that, please tell me exactly how.
>
> Or, if there's a better way - a better LiveCD for that purpose -
> that info would be great too. I just want to run Kismet, nothing
> else, and I don't know Linux at all.
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>
Nothing ventured nothing gained. I had a lot of problems with the 2 beta
version, which I am now putting down to a corrupted burning of the iso.
I don't have your laptop but I do have a couple of Atheros based cards.
Try doing this:
1.open the "console" in BackTrack
2.type wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode monitor
press enter.
3.type ifconfig ath0 up press enter.
4.type kismet -c madwifing_g,wifi0,madwifing_g press enter
Kismet should now start.

Kev says...

> Nothing ventured nothing gained. I had a lot of problems
> with the 2 beta version, which I am now putting down to
> a corrupted burning of the iso.

Well, I double-checked my CD, and it has no errors. So, if
the iso file is correct, my CD is also.

> Try doing this:
> 1.open the "console" in BackTrack

Am I in the console at the command prompt I get after the
initial root/toor login. If not, how do I get to the
console from there?

> 2.type wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode
> monitor
> press enter.
> 3.type ifconfig ath0 up press enter.
> 4.type kismet -c madwifing_g,wifi0,madwifing_g press
> enter
> Kismet should now start.

Ok, I'll try that. Will this still have the "automatic
configuration" of Kismet that the docs talk about?

Thanks for your help.

Peabody wrote:
..
>
> > Try doing this:
> > 1.open the "console" in BackTrack
>
> Am I in the console at the command prompt I get after the
> initial root/toor login. If not, how do I get to the
> console from there?

After login type startx press enter

On the toolbar, at the bottom LHS of the window that appears, there is
an icon like a TV Monitor. Click on it.
..
>
> Ok, I'll try that. Will this still have the "automatic
> configuration" of Kismet that the docs talk about?
..
I couldn't get autoconfig to work with either my Atheros cards or my
Ralink ones so had to use the Kismet capture instruction, as this is
still a "beta" release they may resolve this for the final release.

Kev says...

>> Ok, I'll try that. Will this still have the "automatic
>> configuration" of Kismet that the docs talk about? .

> I couldn't get autoconfig to work with either my Atheros
> cards or my Ralink ones so had to use the Kismet capture
> instruction, as this is still a "beta" release they may
> resolve this for the final release.

Ok, I got it to work. Thanks very much.

At first I thought something was wrong because even though
the neighborhood machines showed up, my own router didn't.
Is that because nothing is connected to it? I guess that
makes sense since Kismet is passively sniffing, and my
router has no traffic at the moment.

Peabody wrote:

> At first I thought something was wrong because even though
> the neighborhood machines showed up, my own router didn't.


You should be able to see your own router. Check it again and let it
scan for several minutes.

Thats a nice one. Is your router above channel 11 ?

"Kev" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Peabody wrote:
>
>> At first I thought something was wrong because even though
>> the neighborhood machines showed up, my own router didn't.
>
>
> You should be able to see your own router. Check it again and let it scan
> for several minutes.