trying to run kismet

[hugbees]

im trying to run kismet on my fc4 with my netgear wg511t, but keeps getting this fatal:
Failed to set private ioctl 'mode': No such device or address


anyone knows how i can fix this? or got a clue what it means? :confused:


my kismet.conf:

suiduser=retard

source=madwifi_ag,ath0,madwifi

channelhop=true

channelvelocity=5

channelsplit=true

defaultchannels=IEEE80211b:1,6,11,2,7,3,8,4,9,5,10

defaultchannels=IEEE80211g:1,6,11,2,7,3,8,4,9,5,10

tcpport=2501

allowedhosts=127.0.0.1

bindaddress=127.0.0.1

maxclients=5

gps=true

gpshost=localhost:2947

gpsmodelock=false

allowkeytransmit=true

writeinterval=300


most of it anyways....



help appreciated

[chili555]

I wonder if kismet is not able to properly put your card in monitor mode. Try iwconfig ath0 mode monitor and then start kismet. If this works, then you may need to do iwconfig atho mode managed after you stop kismet.

Good luck.

[hugbees]

okay thanks, installed wireless-tools and tried that. now i'm getting this fatal instead:

Dump file error: Unable to open dump file Kismet-Mar-27-2006-1.dump (Permission denied)

that is when im running as root, when im the user i dropped the privs to I get this one:

Unable to set up pidfile /var/run//kismet_server.pid, unlink() failed: Permission denied


=)

[hugbees]

okay, dump problem no longer an issue. dont know why. im back to the ioctl fatal, even after running iwconfig ath0 mode monitor now .....

[hugbees]

now its good, tried kismet_server -n and it worked like a charm.... next problem; cant find any of the networks wit airsnort, it simply dosesnt list any of them. suggestions?