How to: Setup Kismet in Ubuntu 7.04

25 April, 2007 at 7:26 pm by Phil Wiffen · Filed under Linux, Wi-Fi

Here’s how I got Kismet running on Ubuntu on my Asus W3V laptop.

  1. Open up a Terminal: Applications > Accessories > Terminal
  2. sudo apt-get install kismet
  3. sudo gedit /etc/kismet/kismet.conf
  4. Change
    source=none,none,addme
    to
    source=ipw2200,eth1,wifi

    • If you don’t know your relevant network driver, view the Kismet Readme and scroll down to the section “12. Capture Sources”. My driver is ipw2200.
    • If you don’t know your interface name, use iwconfig to find your wireless interface (mine is eth1). [screenshot]
  5. Save the file
  6. sudo kismet [screenshot]

Any questions? Feel free to leave me a comment below :)

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8 Comments »

  1. Goran said,

    27 March, 2008 at 6:06 am

    This worked for me on my ThinkPad T42 ;-) . Thx

  2. Amit said,

    30 March, 2008 at 10:36 am

    Works like a charm on a beta install of Hardy Heron on my Acer Travelmate 4102WLMi.

  3. charles freshman said,

    13 May, 2008 at 4:13 am

    yeah thanks, this guide was helpful for a toshiba satellite laptop.

  4. Jan c said,

    12 July, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    It works,thanks!

  5. ezekieldas said,

    26 November, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    On Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) w/Broadcomm b43:

    /etc/kismet/kismet.conf:

    source=b43,wlan0,wifi

    WARNING: Sometimes cards don’t always come out of monitor mode
    cleanly. If your card is not fully working, you may need to
    restart or reconfigure it for normal operation.

    To restore: lsmod | grep -i b43 ; rmmod b43; modprobe b43

  6. mike said,

    11 March, 2009 at 3:43 am

    I know this thread is a little old but I was wondering why the ‘normal’ installation doesn’t work.
    ex. I got the file from kismets website decompressed the gz file and did a cd into the directory. I ran ./configure which gave me an error message about not having libpcap, which gave me an error saying it didn’t have flex, which then gave me an error saying I didn’t have m4? Also a good note I decompressed all these files in a directory I called ‘programs’ I’m new to linux so a lot of this is new to me. If anyone could point me into the right direction why the installation I used failed I would greatly appreciate it.

    I did get the program running through the method described on the site, kudos sir!!!

  7. Name said,

    31 May, 2010 at 2:22 am

    Thanks.
    Works for me on Ubuntu Intrepid.

  8. kassych said,

    1 September, 2010 at 3:42 pm

    Thanks. works on Kubuntu 10.04 like a charm :)

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