Installing Kismet on Backtrack 4 Pre Release
Backtrack 4 has all the bells and whilstles we love and have come to expect from Backtrack in the past. That said however, as Bakctrack is currenly in a "Pre Realease" version, there are a couple of teething issues with various bits and pieces. One such issue is with Kismet Newcore. Kismet is our friendly little wireless stumbler that we all love. In Backtrack 4 pre release you may have noticed it is either missing functionality, or just plain doesn't work! Here is a quick guide for you to download an alternate version of Kismet Newcore and install it on Backtrack 4: 1. Make sure your network adapter is on # dhclient eth0 2. Change your director to /usr/src to download the Kismet Newcore source code # cd /usr/src 3. Download the Kismet source using the built-in subversioning software # svn co https://kismetwireless.net/code/svn/trunk kismet 4. Open the newly created kismet directory # cd kismet 5. Confrigure and make the source code # ./configure --prefix=/opt && ...