ok so I have installed the ipw-firmware package and I have installed and configured my centrino wifi using YaST, how do I browse and connect to wireless networks??? I have looked around and can't find anything. also is there a way to disable the tapping on my laptop mouse pad it is way too sensitive and is doing my head in when I keep randomly clicking everywhere I would much rather just use the buttons

I have a HP Compaq (they never know which to call themselves) nx7010, Centrino 2200BG, SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad Driver (According To /proc/bus/input/devices)

How exactly did you install the firmware? Does your router use WEP? Did you include your router's gateway IP in the YaST wireless settings? Is your wired connection still enabled when trying to use your wifi card? Have you set it up using DHCP?

I installed the firmware using YaST (what does that stand for anyway?)
My router usually uses WEP but I have turned it off in an attempt to make things easier.
I haven't yet included my routers IP in the YaST configuration... see below
I have tried using the wireless with and without the ethernet.
I have not given YaST a static IP.

I was hoping that SuSE included some sort of wireless browser very similiar to what you get with windows XP. The reason for this is that I travel alot and need to "borrow" peoples wireless. So I need a quick and easy way to find and connect to networks.

OK so I have now managed to connect to my access point by giving YaST my routers MAC address (am I not the only wireless person in my area). But I still need to be able to browse in a similiar wat to XP

YaST = Yet another Setup Tool

OK, it looks like you replied before I could, so what you want is "iwlist", which scans for surrounding connections. Type:

# man iwlist

to see all the wifi goodness this little program can get you. Here's the rest of the stuff I wrote:

Installing the firmware via YaST is the way to go. I tried to setup my Intel Pro 2100 card using the native driver and firmware from sourceforge (http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/), but no luck there. There's also a link for the 2200 on that page as well. Make sure you turn off your wired connection before trying wireless. You can do this as root via the command line, by:

# ifdown "name of wired device"

where "name of wired device" is eth0, eth1, or something (without the quotes). You can see what the device name is by typing:

# ifconfig

I have read when both the wireless and wired devices are setup to use DHCP, they fight over which one talks to the router. In order to connect to your router you will need to enter the router's IP address in the "gateway". At the bottom of the YaST wireless setup page, there's advanced options for you to enter your gateway IP. You could also use "iwlist".

# iwlist

This is the scanning command that finds surrounding wifi connections. Did you also enter your ESSID name into the configuration settings? After disabling your wired device, at the command line type:

# iwconfig

Please post the output. Now type:

# ifup "name of wireless device"

where "name of wireless device" is eth0, eth1, wlan or something (without the quotes). Post this output as well. If all else fails, here's a good wifi how-to page (http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/l...mp11-linux.htm). I hope this helps.

thx alot that was of great help and I have printed it out for my future reference. I am now trying to install kismet but get quite a few errors are any of these major, also if it has installed correctly how do I run kismet??? I have posted the shell output below since I could not upload it as a text file:


linux:/ # cd root
linux:~ # cd ki*
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # ./configure
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for platform-specific compiler flags... none needed
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... yes
checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/wait.h usability... yes
checking sys/wait.h presence... yes
checking for sys/wait.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking getopt.h usability... yes
checking getopt.h presence... yes
checking for getopt.h... yes
checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking return type of signal handlers... void
checking whether lstat dereferences a symlink specified with a trailing slash... yes
checking whether stat accepts an empty string... no
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for memset... yes
checking for select... yes
checking for socket... yes
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strftime... yes
checking for strstr... yes
checking for system-level getopt_long()... yes
checking for stdint.h... (cached) yes
checking for accept() addrlen type... socklen_t
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64
checking for _LARGE_FILES value needed for large files... no
checking for group 'root'... yes
checking for group 'man'... checking for initscr in -lncurses... yes
checking for new_panel in -lpanel... yes
checking for assume_default_colors in -lncurses... yes
checking for linux/netlink.h... yes
checking for linux/wireless.h... yes
checking that linux/wireless.h is what we expect... yes
checking that wireless extentions support SIOCIWFIRSTPRIV... yes
checking that linux/wireless.h is what we expect... checking for setuid ... yes
checking for glib-config... no
configure: WARNING: Could not find glib-config in /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin. glib is required to link to wiretap.
configure: WARNING: *** Wiretap support disabled. While Kismet will function without wiretap, it will limit the log reading and writing abilities. ***
checking for XML_GetCurrentLineNumber in -lexpat... yes
checking gmp.h usability... no
checking gmp.h presence... no
checking for gmp.h... no
configure: WARNING: *** Missing GMP math library. gpsmap will not be built. ***
checking for wget... yes
checking for Magick-config... yes
checking magick/api.h usability... yes
checking magick/api.h presence... yes
checking for magick/api.h... yes
checking for WriteImage in -lMagick... no
configure: WARNING: *** Missing Imagemagick. gpsmap will not be built. ***
checking pthread.h usability... yes
checking pthread.h presence... yes
checking for pthread.h... yes
checking for pthread_create in -lpthread... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating scripts/kismet
config.status: creating extra/buzzme/Makefile
config.status: creating extra/Makefile
config.status: creating conf/kismet.conf
config.status: creating conf/kismet_ui.conf
config.status: creating config.h
configure: configuring in libpcap-0.8.3
configure: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/usr/local --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking gcc version... 3
checking for inline... inline
checking for __attribute__... yes
checking for u_int8_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int16_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int32_t using gcc... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking sys/ioccom.h usability... no
checking sys/ioccom.h presence... no
checking for sys/ioccom.h... no
checking sys/sockio.h usability... no
checking sys/sockio.h presence... no
checking for sys/sockio.h... no
checking ifaddrs.h usability... yes
checking ifaddrs.h presence... yes
checking for ifaddrs.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... yes
checking for ether_hostton... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strlcpy... no
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking if --disable-protochain option is specified... enabled
checking packet capture type... linux
checking for getifaddrs... yes
checking if --enable-ipv6 option is specified... no
checking whether to build optimizer debugging code... no
checking whether to build parser debugging code... no
checking Linux kernel version... 2
checking if if_packet.h has tpacket_stats defined... yes
checking whether we have /proc/net/dev... yes
checking whether we have DAG API... no
checking for flex... no
checking for bison... no
checking for capable lex... insufficient
configure: error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile
libpcap. flex is a lex replacement that has many advantages, including
being able to compile libpcap. For more information, see
http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/flex.html .
configure: error: /bin/sh './configure' failed for libpcap-0.8.3
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # make
Makefile:371: .depend: No such file or directory
Generating dependencies...
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c util.cc -o util.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c ringbuf.cc -o ringbuf.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c configfile.cc -o configfile.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c speech.cc -o speech.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c ifcontrol.cc -o ifcontrol.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c iwcontrol.cc -o iwcontrol.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c packet.cc -o packet.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c pcapsource.cc -o pcapsource.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c prism2source.cc -o prism2source.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c wtapfilesource.cc -o wtapfilesource.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c wsp100source.cc -o wsp100source.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c dronesource.cc -o dronesource.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c vihasource.cc -o vihasource.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c packetsourcetracker.cc -o packetsourcetracker.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c kis_packsources.cc -o kis_packsources.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c wtapdump.cc -o wtapdump.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c wtaplocaldump.cc -o wtaplocaldump.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c gpsdump.cc -o gpsdump.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c airsnortdump.cc -o airsnortdump.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c fifodump.cc -o fifodump.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c gpsd.cc -o gpsd.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c manuf.cc -o manuf.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c packetracker.cc -o packetracker.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c timetracker.cc -o timetracker.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c alertracker.cc -o alertracker.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c finitestate.cc -o finitestate.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c getopt.cc -o getopt.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c tcpserver.cc -o tcpserver.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c server_protocols.cc -o server_protocols.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c server_globals.cc -o server_globals.o
g++ -I/lib/modules/2.6.8-24-smp/build/include/ -Ilibpcap-0.8.3 -O2 -Wall -DVERSION_MAJOR=\"2005\" -DVERSION_MINOR=\"01\" -DVERSION_TINY=\"R1\" -DTIMESTAMP=\"`cat TIMESTAMP`\" -g -O2 -g -O2 -c kismet_server.cc -o kismet_server.o
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/kismet-2005-01-R1/libpcap-0.8.3'
make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kismet-2005-01-R1/libpcap-0.8.3'
make: *** [libpcap-0.8.3/libpcap.a] Error 2
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # make install
make[1]: Entering directory `/root/kismet-2005-01-R1/libpcap-0.8.3'
make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/kismet-2005-01-R1/libpcap-0.8.3'
make: *** [libpcap-0.8.3/libpcap.a] Error 2
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 #

yet another problem I am having is that if I open Konqueror and type smb:/ in the address bar to grab some files off my other windows mahines it says "Unable to find any workgoups in your local network" I know there are because I can ping them

I'm glad I could help. Wow, that looks ugly. It seems you are having some dependency issues.

configure: WARNING: Could not find glib-config in /sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin. glib is required to link to wiretap.
configure: WARNING: *** Wiretap support disabled. While Kismet will function without wiretap, it will limit the log reading and writing abilities. ***

checking for capable lex... insufficient
configure: error: Your operating system's lex is insufficient to compile
libpcap. flex is a lex replacement that has many advantages, including
being able to compile libpcap. For more information, see
http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/flex.html .
configure: error: /bin/sh './configure' failed for libpcap-0.8.3

I have never used kismet before, so the only thing I can think of is to install apt and synaptic to help resolve dependency issues. Here is a link that will allow you to install apt and synaptic for Suse (http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/home.html). Apt and synaptic are very similar to yum (or urpmi)...apt is the command-line version, synaptic is the gui. It takes a bit to set up, but once it's installed it's quite nice. After adding the appropriate repositories to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

rpm ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 base update mozilla packman packman-i686
rpm-src ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 base update mozilla packman packman-i686

just do:

# apt-get update
# apt-get install kismet

As for your Samba issue, it sounds like you don't have your local workgroup name entered in your /etc/samba/smb.conf file. See:

http://www.samba.netfirms.com/index.htm
http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/samba.html
http://compnetworking.about.com/libr...y/aa062499.htm

If you want your Windows boxes to see your Linux box (samba server), then you will need to open up ports 139/tcp and udp/137/138 on your Linux box. You can do this in the YaST "security/firewall" section I believe. Also consider any software firewalls running on your Windows boxes (Microsoft or 3rd party).

I disabled my LINUX firewall shortly before reading this post which fixed my intermittent wifi connection problems and samba problem. I do not use firewalls on any of my machines since there is no need because my router acts as a firewall (much better than most software firewalls in my opinion). I am going to try apt and synaptic in a now




P.S. LMFAO Just Read Your Sig. I Love It!!!

probably a stupid question but when I goto the kismet dir I come across some problems I have posted some info to help below:


linux:~ # cd ki*
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # apt-get update
Get:1 ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386 release [10.8kB]
Get:2 ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de SuSE/9.2-i386 release [10.8kB]
Fetched 21.6kB in 9s (2208B/s)
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/update pkglist
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/update release
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/security pkglist
Hit ftp://ftp.gwdg.de SuSE/9.2-i386/security release
Hit ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de SuSE/9.2-i386/update pkglist
Hit ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de SuSE/9.2-i386/update release
Hit ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de SuSE/9.2-i386/security pkglist
Hit ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de SuSE/9.2-i386/security release
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # apt-get install kismet
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package kismet
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 # ls
. config.log finitestate.cc iwcontrol.cc packet.cc ringbuf.h timetracker.o
.. config.status finitestate.h iwcontrol.h packet.h ringbuf.o tracktypes.h
.depend config.sub finitestate.o iwcontrol.o packet.o scripts util.cc
CHANGELOG configfile.cc frontend.cc kis_packsources.cc packetracker.cc server_globals.cc util.h
CHANGELOG-OLD configfile.h frontend.h kis_packsources.h packetracker.h server_globals.h util.o
GPL configfile.o getopt.cc kis_packsources.o packetracker.o server_globals.o vihasource.cc
Makefile configure getopt.h kismet-2005-01-R1.diff.gz packetsignatures.h server_protocols.cc vihasource.h
Makefile.in configure.in getopt.o kismet.spec packetsource.h server_protocols.h vihasource.o
README cursesfront.cc gpsd.cc kismet_client.cc packetsourcetracker.cc server_protocols.o wav
TIMESTAMP cursesfront.h gpsd.h kismet_drone.cc packetsourcetracker.h speech.cc wsp100source.cc
TODO displaynetworksort.h gpsd.o kismet_server.cc packetsourcetracker.o speech.h wsp100source.h
airsnortdump.cc docs gpsdump.cc kismet_server.h packetstream.h speech.o wsp100source.o
airsnortdump.h dronesource.cc gpsdump.h kismet_server.o panelfront.cc stamp-h.in wtapdump.cc
airsnortdump.o dronesource.h gpsdump.o libpcap-0.8.3 panelfront.h tcpclient.cc wtapdump.h
alertracker.cc dronesource.o gpsmap.cc macaddr.h panelfront_display.cc tcpclient.h wtapdump.o
alertracker.h dumpfile.h gpsmap_cache.cc man panelfront_input.cc tcpdump-extract.h wtapfilesource.cc
alertracker.o endian_magic.h gpsmap_cache.h manuf.cc pcapsource.cc tcpserver.cc wtapfilesource.h
conf expat.cc gpsmap_samples.cc manuf.h pcapsource.h tcpserver.h wtapfilesource.o
confdefs.h expat.h gpsmap_samples.h manuf.o pcapsource.o tcpserver.o wtaplocaldump.cc
config.guess extra ifcontrol.cc messagebus.cc prism2source.cc tcpstreamer.cc wtaplocaldump.h
config.h fifodump.cc ifcontrol.h messagebus.h prism2source.h tcpstreamer.h wtaplocaldump.o
config.h.bot fifodump.h ifcontrol.o networksort.h prism2source.o timetracker.cc
config.h.in fifodump.o install-sh packaging ringbuf.cc timetracker.h
linux:~/kismet-2005-01-R1 #

Apt cannot find kismet because it is located in the "base" repository. Make your /etc/apt/sources.list look something like this:

rpm ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 base update security mozilla packman packman-i686
rpm-src ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/suse/apt SuSE/9.2-i386 base update security mozilla packman packman-i686

From what I can tell, you only included "update" and "security". The "base update security mozilla packman packman-i686" stuff after the ftp site name are the list of repositories containing packages. After adding the other repositories into the sources file, you will need to run:

# apt-get update

again to refresh the package list. If you like, slap "ftp://mirrors.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/pub/suse/apt/SuSE/9.2-i386" into your browser address bar and poke around in the other repository directories to see if there's anything else you would want. I don't recommend updating major OS packages, like the kernel, Gnome, KDE, etc. using apt or synaptic, but you could if you want something custom-made. I only use apt and synaptic for 3rd party stuff like, xine, libdvdcss (to play DVDs), mplayer, mplayerplug-in, etc (in the 2 packman repos). You should be good to go!


P.S. Steven Wright is funny as hell.

OK I will give all that a try when I have time, you said then I should be good to go well as steven wright would say "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something."

http://www.weather.net/zarg/ZarPages/stevenWright.html <---- might interest you