Netstumbler for Linux

Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism 2
chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.

tnx jk

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James Knott wrote:

> Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism 2
> chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.

Kismet. But from what I read it's far more feature-packed than Netstumbler.

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Garry Knight wrote:

> James Knott wrote:
>
>> Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism 2
>> chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.
>
> Kismet. But from what I read it's far more feature-packed than
> Netstumbler.
>
I have Kismet, but I haven't seen much in features. Also, there seems to be
a problem with it locking itself from the log files.

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On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:45:00 +0000, James Knott wrote:

> Garry Knight wrote:
>
>> James Knott wrote:
>>
>>> Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism 2
>>> chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.
>>
>> Kismet. But from what I read it's far more feature-packed than
>> Netstumbler.
>>
> I have Kismet, but I haven't seen much in features. Also, there seems to be
> a problem with it locking itself from the log files.


This is because kismet drops to the userid you specify in the config file,
you did edit the config file .. right ?

The user must be able to write to the current working direectory, or the
log file directory as specified in the config file.

Kismet is really nice, and really has alot more practical features than
netstumbler has, such as its extremely verbose xml output logging.

Wade

Wade wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:45:00 +0000, James Knott wrote:
>
>> Garry Knight wrote:
>>
>>> James Knott wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism
>>>> 2
>>>> chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.
>>>
>>> Kismet. But from what I read it's far more feature-packed than
>>> Netstumbler.
>>>
>> I have Kismet, but I haven't seen much in features. Also, there seems to
>> be a problem with it locking itself from the log files.
>
>
> This is because kismet drops to the userid you specify in the config file,
> you did edit the config file .. right ?

Yes, I added myself as the only ID in there.
>
> The user must be able to write to the current working direectory, or the
> log file directory as specified in the config file.

I've tried both as my own ID and root. When as root I get an error:
"FATAL: Dump file error: Unable to open dum file Kismet-Jan-06--2004-1.dump
(Permission denied)"

Root doesn't have permission???

If I run under my ID, I get:
"FATAL: Could not connect to localhost:2501"

>
> Kismet is really nice, and really has alot more practical features than
> netstumbler has, such as its extremely verbose xml output logging.
>
> Wade

Well, I can get it going sometimes, but it's far more likely to crap out.


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James Knott <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Wade wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:45:00 +0000, James Knott wrote:
>>
>>> Garry Knight wrote:
>>>
>>>> James Knott wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there an app similar to Netstumbler that will run on Linux and Prism
>>>>> 2
>>>>> chipset? Wavestumbler appears to be only for Orinico systems.
>>>>
>>>> Kismet. But from what I read it's far more feature-packed than
>>>> Netstumbler.
>>>>
>>> I have Kismet, but I haven't seen much in features. Also, there seems to
>>> be a problem with it locking itself from the log files.
<snip>
> I've tried both as my own ID and root. When as root I get an error:
> "FATAL: Dump file error: Unable to open dum file Kismet-Jan-06--2004-1.dump
> (Permission denied)"
>
> Root doesn't have permission???

Permission denied can mean that the file can't be opened for other
reasons.
If you have strace, it can be used to trace all system calls.
strace -o kismet-log kismet

for example.
Now, open( lines show attempts to open files, with the names.
A non-zero code on the end of the line is a failure.
Looking at what the last failure before the "no permissio" is outputted
usually gives clues as to what it's trying to open and failing.

After some experimenting, I can run Kismet as root, only if I start it from
the directory where I compiled it. When I try to run as user from that
directory, I still get the error "FATAL: Could not connect to
localhost:2501".

The user is configured suid in kismet.conf.

Also, once the client is up and running, all I see is my access point,
listed by SSID, with an alternating "." or "!" beside it and some stats to
the right and in a separate "Info" panel on the right side. How do I see
anything else? In Net Stumbler, the display shows MAC address, signal &
noise levels, who's connected etc. Is this sort of info available in
Kismet? Are there any docs anywhere that describe the operation of Kismet,
beyond kismet.conf? Incidentally, the Info panel shows 0 for both "Weak"
and "Noise", even though my notebook is only 6' from the AP. That doesn't
sound quite right to me.


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