![]() Once configured, you can start it with the command sudo kismet. Then I had to edit the /usr/local/etc/nf to reflect my system configuration I changed the _suiduser, source and logtemplate variables. The version in the ubuntu repository is not recent enough to support my Broadcom driver so I had to download the latest source and compile it with the standard _ configure, make, sudo make install. Install kismet, the wireless packet sniffer. Once installed, I connected the GPS unit via a serial port, turned it on and ran _ gpsd /dev/ttyS0 _ to start the gpsd server. The one hitch is that I had to set up my Magellan GPS unit up for the correct baud rate and NMEA output. ![]() This is the software that talks to your gps unit and is available in the ubuntu packages through apt. On my HP laptop with a Broadcom card, I followed the instructions on the ubuntu forums which worked great with one exception: the driver link on that page doesn't have a valid md5 sum so you can download it from this url instead Install the drivers for you wireless card. I've used NetStumbler on windows and this works great but since my computers at home are now nearly Microsoft-free, I had to relearn the process on Linux. And viewing the results in Google Earth is icing on the cake. Going around the neighborhood and mapping all the wireless networks may be nothing more than a geeky hobby but it can sure teach you alot.
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