IPW3945 and BackTrack

[Echilon]

I've been trying for hours to get Kismet working with my IPW3945. Is there any way I can get it working? When I try to run kismet with source=ipw3945,wlan0,Intel where wlan0 is a recognized interface in iwconfig, I get "FATAL: SetIFFlags: Unknown interface wlan0: no such device", but it is shown in iwconfig. I'm pulling my hair out, any ideas?

[hattrick]

the source line looks off to me.. but I cant put my finger on it..

question, I'm trying to patch my ipw3945 for injection, but the file they had is no longer posted anywhere... do u have the patched firmeware? PM me if u do plz..

[=Tron=]

When I try to run kismet with source=ipw3945,wlan0,Intel where wlan0 is a recognized interface in iwconfig, I get "FATAL: SetIFFlags: Unknown interface wlan0: no such device", but it is shown in iwconfig.

Shouldn't the source be source=ipw3945,eth1,Intel?
I do not personally have any experience with this card, but this is the source i seem to remember that many people use with their ipw3945 chipset. Also "FATAL: SetIFFlags: Unknown interface wlan0: no such device" would indicate that using wlan0 is incorrect as there is no such interface present.

[larryhaja]

I had the same issues when trying to configuring Kismet. Here is what I use to get Kismet to work

source=ipw3945,wifi0,Intel

Looking from the data Kismet spits out it puts the card into monitor mode to capture data. I've tried to get the iwl3945 drivers into monitor mode, which just doesn't work. Enable the ipwraw drivers, as they are automatically set in monitor mode. You can enable the ipwraw drivers with the following commands.

# modprobe -r iwl3945
# modprobe ipwraw

This should get you up and running. Although, you can save yourself the trouble of configuring kismet by using a new startup script available in BT3F. It is in BT3b as well but needs to be tweaked. Here's what I use to get it going.

# start-kismet-ng

Also, to get back to the iwl3945 drivers you can issue these commands.

# modprobe -r ipwraw
# modprobe iwl3945

Updated IPWRAW drivers can be found at this location.

hxxp://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=ipw3945

Hope this helps.

[FailDeadly]

I've been trying for hours to get Kismet working with my IPW3945. Is there any way I can get it working? When I try to run kismet with source=ipw3945,wlan0,Intel where wlan0 is a recognized interface in iwconfig, I get "FATAL: SetIFFlags: Unknown interface wlan0: no such device", but it is shown in iwconfig. I'm pulling my hair out, any ideas?

The correct line is: source=iwl3945,wlan0,Intel

[Fr0zen Sm0ke]

source=<the driver which it uses when in normal mode> <wifi0 or wlan0, whatever you have after switching to rfmon mode> <anything word here>

In my case its
source=iwl3945,wifi0,smoke

regards

[Echilon]

The correct line is: source=iwl3945,wlan0,Intel

source=<the driver which it uses when in normal mode> <wifi0 or wlan0, whatever you have after switching to rfmon mode> <anything word here>

In my case its
source=iwl3945,wifi0,smoke

regards

Thanks for the replies, but I get the same error with iwl3945. I have another laptop with an iwl4965, which works fine. I can use that for the time being, but it'd be nice to get it working with with the 3945. :)