Re: bsd-airtools

Patrick Bowen wrote:
> Jeff Cross wrote:
> 
>> kalin mintchev wrote:
>>
>>>> not positive, but i think this no longer works...
>>>>     
>>>
>>>
>>> ok..  thanks. i found it in the net-mnmt ports. why is it there if it
>>> doesn't work?
>>> is there anything else like it in the ports (or online)?
>>>
>>> thanks..
>>>
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006, kalin mintchev wrote:
>>>>
>>>> :
>>>> :  hi all...
>>>> :
>>>> :  anybody successfully used bsd-airtools?
>>>> :
>>>> :  i tried the dstumbler to look at my access point at home but nothing
>>>> :happens. i do get the interface with all the options but after that
>>>> :nothing shows up no mater which option i use...  any ideas?   
>>>> thanks....
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>> As I said in a previous post, the dstumbler portion of the 
>> bsd-airtools works for me by doing the following:
>>
>> # ifconfig wi0 up
>> # dstumbler wi0
>>
>> Also, kismet is a really good tool for detecting wireless networks as 
>> well.  It is available in the FreeBSD ports tree at 
>> /usr/ports/net-mgmt/kismet.  However, I can only get this app to work 
>> with my Atheros (ath0) card, a Linksys WPC55AG.
>>
>> Jeff
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> I've gotten Kismet to work with wi(4) and ath(4), so both are possible.

I sent changes to the author long ago to make dstumbler handle 802.11 
frames from libpcap instead of the wi-specific data.  Looks like it 
never made it into the port.  It's likely out of date and may not even 
compile but you can find it here:

http://people.freebsd.org/~sam/dstumbler.tgz

	Sam