Thread: kismet and the realtek r8712u

hello all,
have older dell precision laptop who's intel wireless card stopped working, bought belkin card , although wireless working, kismet not run, here few dumps:

airmon-ng


interface chipset driver

eth1 intel 2200bg ipw2200 - [phy0]
wlan0 unknown r8712u

lsusb -v | grep -i belkin -a 15
bus 001 device 003: id 050d:945a belkin components
device descriptor:
blength 18
bdescriptortype 1
bcdusb 2.00
bdeviceclass 0 (defined @ interface level)
bdevicesubclass 0
bdeviceprotocol 0
bmaxpacketsize0 64
idvendor 0x050d belkin components
idproduct 0x945a
bcddevice 2.00
imanufacturer 1 manufacturer realtek
iproduct 2 basic wireless usb adapter
iserial 3 00e04c000001
bnumconfigurations 1
configuration descriptor:
blength 9
bdescriptortype 2
wtotallength 46
bnuminterfaces 1
bconfigurationvalue 1
iconfiguration 0
bmattributes 0x80
(bus powered)

iwconfig
wlan0 ieee 802.11bg essid:"ppld-w" nickname:"rtl_wifi"
mode:managed frequency:2.412 ghz access point: 00:12:cf:26:9c:a0
bit rate:54 mb/s sensitivity:0/0
retryff rts thrff fragment thrff
encryption keyff
power managementff
link quality=91/100 signal level=59/100 noise level=0/100
rx invalid nwid:0 rx invalid crypt:0 rx invalid frag:0
tx excessive retries:0 invalid misc:0 missed beacon:0



dmesg:
[ 61.683606] r8712u: loading firmware "rtlwifi/rtl8712u.bin"
[ 62.404612] r8712u: 1 rcr=0x153f00e
[ 62.405355] r8712u: 2 rcr=0x553f00e


, source line kismet.conf
source=rt8180,wlan0,atheros
#source=rt2500,ra0,atheros
# comma-separated list of sources enable. needed if defined
# multiple sources , want enable of them. default, defined
# sources enabled.
# example:
enablesources=prismsource,ciscosource,atheros


error message
launching kismet_server: //usr/bin/kismet_server
suid priv-dropping disabled. may not secure.
non-rfmon vaps destroyed on multi-vap interfaces (ie, madwifi-ng)
enabling channel hopping.
enabling channel splitting.
notice: disabling channel hopping, no enabled sources able change channel.
source 0 (atheros): enabling monitor mode rt8180 source interface wlan0 channel 6...
fatal: failed set monitor mode: invalid argument. means drivers either not support monitor mode, or use different mechanism getting it. make sure have version of drivers support monitor mode, , consult troubleshooting section of readme.
done.



appreciated.

try

code:

sudo airmon-ng start wlan0

paste

code:

airmon-ng

thanks

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