kismet

[Richard Gliebe]

On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 15:33 +0530, Vijay Kiran wrote:
> [snip]
> > Here is my output from 'ifconfig iwi0': 
> > # ifconfig iwi0 
> > iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 
> > ether 00:0e:35:a9:16:b6 
> > media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect 
> > status: no carrier 
> > ssid "" 
> > channel -1 authmode OPEN powersavemode OFF powersavesleep 100 
> > rtsthreshold 2312 protmode CTS txpower 100 
> > wepmode OFF weptxkey 1 
> > 
> > thanks in advance 
> > Richard
> > 
> Seems like your iwi0 is not configured properly. Check if you have
> enabled the wireless. My laptop has a button for switching it on.

On my laptop (Fujitsu-siemens c1110 Lifebook), the switch for wireless
is on.

> Then load the firm-ware, I've intel card so I loaded the iwi-firmware
> from ports.

Firmware is also installed:
# pkg_info | grep iwi
iwi-firmware-2.3_1  Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Driver Firmware

> Finally use /etc/rc.d/netif start. 

I've rebooted FreeBSD.

> That should find the Wi-Fi network
> and it should be configured. After that you can use kismet.

When is start kismet, the problem still exists ;-(
# kismet
Server options:  none
Client options:  none
Starting server...
Waiting for server to start before starting UI...
Will drop privs to glr (1001) gid 1001
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
Source 0 (ipw2200): Enabling monitor mode for radiotap_bsd_ab source
interface iwi0 channel 6...
FATAL: iwi0: cannot set ifmedia: Device not configured

Here are my entries in /etc/rc.conf:
iwi_enable="YES"
iwi_interfaces="iwi0"
iwi_mod_iwi0="bss"

What do I'm missing ?

> Regards,
> www.VijayKiran.com

thanks
Richard