kismet adn atheros

[Brad Schonhorst]

>
> I just upgrade to the latest - 6 Beta 3 #1 and I'm still having trouble. 
> If I start kismet, I still cannot get the ath0 interface out of promisc
> mode afterwards.  
>
 >I'm sorry, but that isn't really a useful problem report. What 
commands are
 >you trying, and what are the results?

Sorry.  Here goes:
#uname -a
FreeBSD ender.plumblossom.org 6.0-BETA3 FreeBSD 6.0-BETA3 #1: Wed Aug 24 
19:49:59 UTC 2005 root at ender.xxxxxxxx.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ENDER  i386
#ifconfig ath0 up
#kismet
I see some access points, let kismet run for a minute and then quit out 
of it

#ps -aux | egrep kismet
root    663  0.0  0.2  2860  2108  p1  S     8:39PM   0:01.41 
/usr/local/bin/kismet_server --silent

Kismet_server hung on for some reason, lets kill it off
#kill -9 663

Lets see if that did the trick
#ifconfig
ath0:flags=28943<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,PPROMISC> 
mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::211:f5ff:fe60:1764%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
        ether 00:11:f5:60:17:64
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor>
        status: associated
        ssid "" channel 11
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 52 protmode CTS bintval 100

Not really, so lets try one of the suggested commands to pull out of 
promisc and monitor modes
#ifconfig ath0 -promisc mediaopt -monitor
ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA (media): Device not configured

Hmm, may not have need the mediaopt flag
#ifconfig ath0 -promisc -monitor

Did that do it?
#ifconfig
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::211:f5ff:fe60:1764%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
        ether 00:11:f5:60:17:64
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor>
        status: associated
        ssid "" channel 11
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 52 protmode CTS bintval 100

still in monitor mode, this should mean i can't connect to my access 
point right?
#ifconfig ath0 ssid Ansible channel 10
#ifconfig
ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::211:f5ff:fe60:1764%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        ether 00:11:f5:60:17:64
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor>
        status: associated
        ssid "" channel 10

So the channel changed but it didn't accept the new ssid
Maybe i can just clear out the interface
#ifconfig ath0 destroy
ifconfig: SIOCIFDESTROY: Invalid argument

nope, what if I bring it down?
#ifconfig ath0 down
#ifconfig
ath0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        inet6 fe80::211:f5ff:fe60:1764%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
        inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
        ether 00:11:f5:60:17:64
        media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect <monitor>
        status: no carrier
        ssid Ansible channel 10
        authmode OPEN privacy OFF txpowmax 51 protmode CTS bintval 100

Strange, the ssid shows up now but I can't grab an IP address.  Any 
suggestions (other than simply not using kismet?)

Thanks all!

Brad