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Very big problem with Orinoco-USB :-(: msg#00002

Subject: Very big problem with Orinoco-USB :-(
Hello,

 I have got problem running Kismet on my hermes1 based usb device ().
 I use the latest cvs of orinoco drivers (only cvs version includes
 orinoco usb support). I applayed from kismet download page patches
 for CVS cod (0.14+). And my card is working on linux properly, but
 not without Kismet (Kismet is not detecting any access points,
 clients, etc). Monitor mode is working with Orinoco-USB devices or
 no?
 
 Log from kismet running:
 
 
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 Server options:  none
Client options:  none
Starting server...
Waiting for server to start before starting UI...
Will drop privs to tomek (1000) gid 1000
No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled.
Enabling channel hopping.
Enabling channel splitting.
Source 0 (orinocosource): Enabling monitor mode for orinoco_14 source interface 
eth1 channel 6...
Source 0 (orinocosource): Opening orinoco_14 source interface eth1...
Spawned channelc control process 3105
Dropped privs to tomek (1000) gid 1000
Allowing clients to fetch WEP keys.
WARNING:  Disabling GPS logging.
Logging networks to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.network
Logging networks in CSV format to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.csv
Logging networks in XML format to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.xml
Logging cryptographically weak packets to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.weak
Logging cisco product information to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.cisco
Logging data to Kismet-Mar-11-2005-2.dump
Writing data files to disk every 300 seconds.
Mangling encrypted and fuzzy data packets.
Tracking probe responses and associating probe networks.
Reading AP manufacturer data and defaults from /usr/local/etc/ap_manuf
Reading client manufacturer data and defaults from /usr/local/etc/client_manuf
Dump file format: wiretap (local code) dump
Crypt file format: airsnort (weak packet) dump
Kismet 2005.01.R1 (Kismet)
Logging data networks CSV XML weak cisco
Listening on port 2501.
Allowing connections from 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
Registering builtin client/server protocols...
Registering requested alerts...
Registering builtin timer events...
Gathering packets...
Starting UI...
Looking for startup info from localhost:2501.... found.
Connected to Kismet server 2005.01.R1 on localhost:2501
Reading AP manufacturer data and defaults from /usr/local/etc/ap_manuf
Reading client manufacturer data and defaults from /usr/local/etc/client_manuf
Killing server...
Didn't detect any networks, unlinking network list.
Didn't detect any networks, unlinking CSV network list.
Didn't detect any networks, unlinking XML network list.
Didn't detect any Cisco Discovery Packets, unlinking cisco dump
Didn't capture any packets, unlinking dump file
Didn't see any weak encryption packets, unlinking weak file
Sending termination request to channel control child 3105...
Waiting for channel control child 3105 to exit...
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.
Kismet exiting.
Kismet exited.
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Monitor mode and channel hoping is working properly - you can check my iwconfig 
command when Kismet was running (frequencies are changing)::

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debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.422 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.447 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Monitor  Frequency:2.432 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=134/153  Noise level=134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

debian:~#
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I can also without any problem switch monitoring mode by hand:

-------------------------------------------
iwconfig eth1 mode monitor
-------------------------------------------

or

-----------------------------------------------------------
iwconfig eth1 mode monitor channel 10
-----------------------------------------------------------

And log from lsusb:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
debian:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0d4e:047a Agere Systems Netherland BV
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 09da:0006 A4 Tech Co., Ltd
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
debian:~#
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Normal log when working:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"ap10"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457 GHz  Access Point: 00:30:1A:18:38:13
          Bit Rate:2 Mb/s   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=18/92  Signal level=-77 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:451
          Tx excessive retries:63  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
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My drivers are from page:

http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/

In this page I can read:

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ORiNOCO-USB support is not included, check out the latest source code from CVS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

and below link to CVS version which I'am using:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cvs/?group=orinoco

In this page:

http://www.nongnu.org/orinoco/devices/

I can found my device supported:

IBM Internal High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card 26P8030

(on page http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/) I can found my product 
ID/vendor ID:

IBM Internal High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card 26P8030 (0x0d4e/0x047a).


Please tell me what is wrong...

Could you help me also with my firmware? My card is 14-channels, but I must use 
only 11-channel firmware (tutorial how to install firmware is on the page: 
http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/install.html in chapter "from windows"):

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Download:

ftp://ftp.avaya.com/incoming/Up1cku9/tsoweb/avayawireless/AV_WINXP_PC_USB_SR0201.zip

and

http://folk.uio.no/oeysteio/orinoco-usb/get_ezusb_fw

Copy these two files into the same folder on your linux-box. Then execute

$ sh get_ezusb_fw

This will produce the file orinoco_ezusb_fw. Put orinoco_ezusb_fw in 
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
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My firmware from windows is 14-channels, but I don't know how to prepare it to 
working on linux...

Thanks!



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