Re: Strange Kismet Newcore behavior

[Denis Hancock <denis () hancock id au>]

I get this type of behavior using Airodump when using certain model TPLink
Even within the brand, different models produce varying results.
The other reason may possibly be transmitter receiver saturation -
what distance ?
Try another AP ?

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:09 AM, Nils <nils () hemmann de> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I´m looking into a strange Kismet behavior.
>
> The wireless IDS I´m running is based on:
> Kismet Newcore Server 2011-03-R2
> Kismet Newcore Drones 2010-07-R1 running on  Atheros Fonera Drones
> This setup is working great!
>
> Then I´ve tried to add a drone based on TP-Link´s TL-WR1043ND access point
> with a AR71xx 802.11ng chipset and running OpenWrt Backfire 10.03.1-RC6
> The wireless chipset driver is  ath9k/mac80211
> It didn´t matter which version of the Kismet-drone I´ve tried, I ended up
> with Kismet filling up the logs with strange APs popping up. See log output
> below!
> Next to Kismet 2011-03-R2 I´ve compiled the lastest svn version of
> Kismet-Drone for OpenWrt Backfire, both including full support for
> libnl/netlink mac80211.
> But still......
> These BSSIDs look weird. They are changing and popping up every second. I´d
> have expected ~30 APs around me but not hundreds of them in a few minutes,
> all with hidden SSID. But it looks more like a general wireless driver issue
> as even Aircrack/Airodump-ng shows some strange APs.  Both either Kismet or
> Aircrack show broken SSIDs with strange characters in them, too.
>
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID 48:2D:35:DF:BA:72,
>       encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID 54:49:85:9F:4C:49,
>      encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID E4:54:97:63:58:64,
>       encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID 38:2F:D1:48:E1:BF,
>       encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID BB:63:45:87:FA:8A,
>      encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new managed network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID 37:44:79:6F:01:F2
>      , encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID 15:36:B8:4E:13:0D,
>       encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID 3E:E0:96:8A:5A:EE,
>      encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID 73:8F:F0:2F:80:9D,
>      encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new managed network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID F9:B0:5E:08:39:E3
>      , encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID 5A:46:FC:11:D9:3C,
>      encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID E5:DB:15:B0:31:14,
>      encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new data network "<Unknown>", BSSID 31:F2:29:E9:73:39,
>      encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID 5F:89:FA:75:FB:E1,
>       encryption yes, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
> INFO: Detected new ad-hoc network "<Hidden SSID>", BSSID CE:1B:50:D8:1F:21,
>       encryption no, channel 0, 0.00 mbit
>
>
>
> An suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Nils
>
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