Broadcom BCM4313 MONITOR MODE

[kurci2]

Hi!
I'm testing my home wireless security. I heard about kismet. But a problem is that if you want to "sniff" you must put your wireless card into MONITOR MODE. I think that i can't do that.

here is what happens if i start kismet:

marko@ToShiba:~$ sudo kismet
[sudo] password for marko: 
Launching kismet_server: //usr/bin/kismet_server
Suid priv-dropping disabled.  This may not be secure.
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Non-RFMon VAPs will be destroyed on multi-vap interfaces (ie, madwifi-ng)
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
NOTICE: Disabling channel hopping, no enabled sources are able to change channel.
Source 0 (addme): Opening none source interface none...
FATAL: Please configure at least one packet source.  Kismet will not function if no packet sources are defined in kismet.conf or on the command line.  Please read the README for more information about configuring Kismet.
Kismet exiting.
Done.
marko@ToShiba:~$

i have Broadcom STA Wireless driver (packet-i think: bcmwl-kernel-source, version 5.60)
could it be problem with my wireless drivers??

any ideas what can i do??

[bkratz]

The official Broadcom STA driver does not allow the mode of operation you want. The open source B43 does, but I will have to look and see if your particular card is compatible.

[bkratz]

Well according to this page

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Quote

BCM4313 with b/g (partially supported in 2.6.32, however 2.6.33 or latter is recommended)

Whatever partially supported means! You may be stuck with STA.

[kurci2]

do you mabye know for any guide how to install thist driver??
do i have to remove my STA driver first??

[bkratz]

do you mabye know for any guide how to install thist driver??
do i have to remove my STA driver first??

In reverse order, yes they would conflict and try here about 1/2 way down.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx

[kurci2]

ok
i will first uninstall STA driver and than i will fallow that tutorial you gave me...
i will "report" my success here =)

[bkratz]

ok
i will first uninstall STA driver and than i will fallow that tutorial you gave me...
i will "report" my success here =)

Found this for your card


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post10283175

[Lupius]

Tried the b43 driver a few months ago with absolutely no luck. fwcutter did not work as expected. BCM4313 is currently supported by the brcm80211 driver that is still in development. The current version has a partially working monitor mode (after applying the channel -1 patch) but does not yet allow packet capture without authentication. Still waiting on updates on this issue.

[kurci2]

how can i apply channel -1 patch??

[kurci2]

Setting up firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (4.174.64.19-4) ...
Not supported card here (PCI id 14e4:4727)!
Use proper b43 or b43legacy firmware.
Aborting.
dpkg: error processing firmware-b43-lpphy-installer (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 firmware-b43-lpphy-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

this is the error message i get if i try to install what is written here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...5#post10283175

this is kernel i have
-Version-
Kernel : Linux 2.6.35-24-generic (i686)
do i have to install a prior one??