Kismet question

Will Kismet work with an Atheros AR5212A card? What
about Commview? I read the other day in the netstumbler
thread that Commview with the included Atheros driver will
support AR50xx cards but that's not quite what I have.

Sorry I couldn't Google for this but I'm restricted time wise
when I'm online.

One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for
WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.

Ken
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:20:07 -0500, "Ken Bessler"
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>Will Kismet work with an Atheros AR5212A card? What
>about Commview? I read the other day in the netstumbler
>thread that Commview with the included Atheros driver will
>support AR50xx cards but that's not quite what I have.
>
>Sorry I couldn't Google for this but I'm restricted time wise
>when I'm online.

Google would probably take you less time than posting here -- took me
all of 15 secs to find <http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility>

>One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for
>WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.

For what purpose? Which disto?

Try Google.

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"Ken Bessler" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for
>WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.

Security Auditor LiveCD:
http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_main

Supported hardware:
http://www.remote-exploit.org/index....itor_dev_list1


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"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Ken Bessler" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>
> >One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for
> >WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.
>
> Security Auditor LiveCD:
> http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_main
>
> Supported hardware:
> http://www.remote-exploit.org/index....itor_dev_list1
>
>
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> Jeff Liebermann

Thanks, Jeff - I downloaded & burned the cd. Interesting thing,
though - I was told when I purchased my Atheros miniPCI radio
that it was a good performing card but my WRT54G (v4 wDD-WRT)
always picked up signals that my Atheros (AR5212A) would not
hear. When I got Kismet running, all of a sudden my laptop could
hear as good as the Linksys router!

Is it a Linux thing???

Ken

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:04:36 -0500, "Ken Bessler"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> "Ken Bessler" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:
>>
>> >One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for
>> >WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.
>>
>> Security Auditor LiveCD:
>> http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_main
>>
>> Supported hardware:
>> http://www.remote-exploit.org/index....itor_dev_list1
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Liebermann
>
>Thanks, Jeff - I downloaded & burned the cd. Interesting thing,
>though - I was told when I purchased my Atheros miniPCI radio
>that it was a good performing card but my WRT54G (v4 wDD-WRT)
>always picked up signals that my Atheros (AR5212A) would not
>hear. When I got Kismet running, all of a sudden my laptop could
>hear as good as the Linksys router!
>
>Is it a Linux thing???

Probably not a Linux thing. I've seen exactly the same problem with
other cards and drivers. Some drivers give good sensitivity, while
others make the card seem comatose. I can move a card from one
machine to another and see radically different sensitivity and
performance. Sorry, but I don't even have a bad guess why this
happens.

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