Will Kismet work with an Atheros AR5212A card? What about Commview? I read the other day in the netstumbler thread that Commview with the included Atheros driver will support AR50xx cards but that's not quite what I have.
Sorry I couldn't Google for this but I'm restricted time wise when I'm online.
One last thing - is there a special Linux boot CD meant for WiFi? I thought I read about that but could not find a link.
Ken
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:20:07 -0500, "Ken Bessler" wrote in :
Google would probably take you less time than posting here -- took me all of 15 secs to find
For what purpose? Which disto?
Try Google.
"Ken Bessler" hath wroth:
Security Auditor LiveCD:
Thanks, Jeff - I downloaded & burned the cd. Interesting thing, though - I was told when I purchased my Atheros miniPCI radio that it was a good performing card but my WRT54G (v4 wDD-WRT) always picked up signals that my Atheros (AR5212A) would not hear. When I got Kismet running, all of a sudden my laptop could hear as good as the Linksys router!
Is it a Linux thing???
Ken
Probably not a Linux thing. I've seen exactly the same problem with other cards and drivers. Some drivers give good sensitivity, while others make the card seem comatose. I can move a card from one machine to another and see radically different sensitivity and performance. Sorry, but I don't even have a bad guess why this happens.
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