kismet-noob-101

[animus]

hello.
im newe here.

i have i first quastion.
i downloaded kismet for my laptop whit ubuntu on it.
now if i open the files i see c++ files
how can i install kismet whit this files?

and i have a atheros AR5005G network card 802.11b preamble is this good for kismet?

ps ow btw im dutch..

[mrmeebles]

Don't worry about compiling from source. Kismet is in Ubuntu's repositories. Keep the read me file you downloaded.
Go to system >administration>synaptic package manager.

It will allow you to click and install Kismet.
Then follow the read me that came with Kismet. It will lead you through all the steps to editing /var/log/kismet.conf that you need to do before Kismet will work.

You have to set the user, the card and the driver (I'm guessing madwifi_b, wifi0). Change gps setting, and the files you write (you'll only want gps, cvs, and xml).
You'll then need to use wlanconfig to get your card working. I think you will have to download and compile the new madwifi drivers to do that. That will be educational.

after you do that you will press alt+ctrl+f1 to enter a terminal screen.
you will login. Then type sudo -i. Then type Kismet.

[animus]

i didnt get a readme file when i downloaded it.
is this readme the same? http://www.kismetwireless.net/documenta ... tml#readme
yesterday someone on irc sayed that i needed madwifi,
now i didnt finished installing it i think because my keboard keys where broken, but i fixed that now.
i cant find kismet in the pakket manager, i have it on my desktop.

[mrmeebles]

Trying to install Kismet from source will be very, VERY time consuming. In the package manger do you have "all" selected? Kismet should be in there. You might want to go to settings>repositories to see if you have many repositories enabled.
I suggest then you go to your web browser. Click on the google 'g' scroll down to the ubuntu symbol. Then type 'kismet'. You will find a page where you can download it from. Do this.
Double click.

[animus]

my packet manager doesn find kismet.
when i did reload i got an error.
i sayed could not download all repository indexes, thats because
i dont have internet connection whit my laptop.i have some connection problems whit ubuntu im going to start a topic in the ubuntu forums if i fixed it i will back here.

-----edit------

this is the topic.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php? ... ost2332358

[animus]

okey im back i fixed linux, i now got debian (works fine! )
but sadly i still got the same problem.

i made a screenshot.
as you can see i checked all the repositories and i cant see kismet. you can also see that
kismet is on my desktop.
http://img175.imagevenue.com/img.php?im ... _350lo.jpg

[mrmeebles]

It's much easier to use the .deb. Debian has a great apt-get package management system.

Go to a terminal
type:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get kismet

then you'll have to configure kismet.conf

If apt doesn't work for you try browsing debian's web pages for the .deb at http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kismet/
for example.

[mrmeebles]

Did you look under 'all' in synaptic? click on 'all'. click where the packages are and type kismet.

[animus]

stupid stupid stupid noob i am.
i found it and installed it.
now where can i find kismet, where can i start the program?
someone on irc sayed i had to type some commands,
i did this is my terminal session. http://www.pastecode.com/18911

[mrmeebles]

Did you edit /etc/kismet/kismet.conf?

sudo -i

cd /etc/kismet
pico kismet.conf

then change
suiduser=your login name
source=madwifi_g, wifi0, {name}
gps=true
metric=true
logtypes=csv,xml,gps (deltete the others)

after you've done that, type ctrl-x, save and exit

then (if you want some cheesey fun and you've installed festival):
pico kismet_ui.conf
sound=true
speech=true
^X, save and exit

oh and you'll want to start kismet as root.
sudo kismet

[littledave]

Did you edit /etc/kismet/kismet.conf?

sudo -i

cd /etc/kismet
pico kismet.conf

then change
suiduser=your login name
source=madwifi_g, wifi0, {name}
gps=true
metric=true
logtypes=csv,xml,gps (deltete the others)

after you've done that, type ctrl-x, save and exit

then (if you want some cheesey fun and you've installed festival):
pico kismet_ui.conf
sound=true
speech=true
^X, save and exit

oh and you'll want to start kismet as root.
sudo kismet

All he needs now is gpsd 2.10 or the one I use. Dutch posted it on the N.S forums it works better then the gpsd 2.10 for me .
http://www.netstumbler.org/showthread.p ... 0&page=107. That's is if he got the kismet.conf set up.

[animus]

it seems debian doest find my kismet folder.



http://www.pastecode.com/19092

[mrmeebles]

you don't have a space between cd and /etc/kismet:
cd /etc/kismet/

[littledave]

it seems debian doest find my kismet folder.



http://www.pastecode.com/19092

Open a terminal and paste this.

Code: Select all

sudo nano /etc/kismet/kismet.conf

Edit the file, to save changes ctrl o,enter,ctrl x

[mrmeebles]

All he needs now is gpsd 2.10 or the one I use. Dutch posted it on the N.S forums it works better then the gpsd 2.10 for me .
http://www.netstumbler.org/showthread.p ... 0&page=107. That's is if he got the kismet.conf set up.

Well, I'm using gpsd 2.33 and it works well. I wouldn't want to change it, but the patch that counts networks discovered sounds great.