Kismac on a Macbook
So today I decided I wanted to actually sit down and figure out why I can’t use Kismac on my MacBook like how it could be used on the previous generation. The answer was simple: new chip-set = new drivers ergo no go on passive mode.
So after snooping around Kismac’s website I found a solution. Download the development code and compile it. It’s pretty straight forward here is how to do it. (The text thats block format is inputted in terminal in one line…not separate lines.)
- Download and install subversion-client. I had installed subversion-client-1.3.1.dmg
- Download and install XCode. I had installed xcode_2.4.1_8m1910_6936315.dmg
- Launch terminal and enter the following:
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/usr/local/bin/svn co https://svn.binaervarianz.de/kismac/trunk/ kismac-source
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cd kismac-source
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./compile.command
That’s it…now if you open Finder you’ll see a folder called kismac-source and inside you’ll find the newly built kismac.app that’ll work with your Macbook in passive mode.
Those of you that are still reading, I assume it’s because you are interested on what those three commands do in terminal. It’s pretty straight forward. The first one downloads the latests “source” to a folder called kismac-source at the home level. The second command in the terminal simply changes the path to the kismac-source directory, and finally the third command simply compiles the source.
Errors you might expect to see:
If you do not have svn client installed when you run the first command at the terminal it will say no such file or directory.
If you do not have xcode installed at compile time it will either refuse your command on permissions or it will tell you that the file doesn’t exist.
If you’ve been a good reader and have read all this then go ahead to my files…you’ll find an easier solution.
*UPDATE*
Thanks to Fish (from the comments) for posting up the new site where KisMAC lives on!
http://kismac-ng.com/ and http://kismac-ng.org/