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Old 12-11-2006, 11:46 AM   #1
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? about kismet/wireless drivers


I am a linux noob.

I am trying to use kismet on ubuntu 6.10. Kismet needs a source entered in the .conf file b4 it can work. It has a list of drivers it can work with. I know ndiswrapper is popular for drivers however anything using ndiswrapper will not work with kismet.


I have a linksys usb wireless adapter (WUSB54GP). It shows under Iwconfig when i plug it in, so i know ubuntu has issued it some kind of driver. I need to know what the syntax is to find what driver i'm using, and/or how to install a non ndiswrapper driver if I need to.

It's showing up under int eth2, it's not rx/tx, but it is at least showing up. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

ifconfig

eth2 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 0F-00--XX-XX-XX-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST PROMISC MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

eth2 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"xxxxx"
Mode:Monitor Channel=6 Access Point: Invalid
Sensitivity=0/200
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:
 
Old 12-12-2006, 08:50 AM   #2
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Looks like that card wants the rt2570 kernel module (http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/...#Latest%20News)

Confirm with 'lsmod'
 
  


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