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Originally Posted by Barry
I don't think it supports wpa2, so you couldn't even use it for an every day wifi connection.
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I have an Orinoco Gold 8470-WD and it clearly supports WPA and WPA2 with AES and AES-CCMP . . . all current authentication/encryption modes. I've also used it as a "normal" network card on WEP, WPA-TKIP, WPA-AES and WPA2-AES networks . . . no problem.
Tried to compile the Kismet patched drivers for it and ran into all manner of error messages . . . wouldn't compile. That said, I'm a real n00b to Linux, and especially the Ubuntu/Debian "flavor" of Linux. So . . . the inability to compile the Kismet drivers may be something I'm still doing wrong.
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Rebuilt the DVD with updates/upgrades including the madwifi-drivers, and dumping the Ath5k drivers using instructions on the offensive-security blog. Had to install BT4 pre-final in a VMWare VM on my desktop machine with Ethernet connection, make the updates/mods and burn a new DVD. The ORiNOCO 8470-WD works perfectly now . . . using it in the laptop as I type this . . . on my WPA2-AES(CCMP) WiFi network at home. Fired up Kismet Server and that worked perfectly. Had to turn of network services and turn them back on again after shutting down Kismet before connecting to my WiFi network. Using an external antenna on the ORiNOCO I found quite a few APs and clients in my neighborhood with Kismet.
John