(Solved) ERROR: Packet source 'wlan0' failed to set channel 2: mac80211_setchannel() in Kismet and Ubuntu 12.10
- by M. Cunille
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 in my computer with an Atheros AR5007 wireless card.
I want to use Kismet but when I run it it starts displaying the message:
ERROR: Packet source 'wlan0' failed to set channel X: mac80211_setchannel()
It keeps displaying the same for every channel except channel 1. I have installed the compat-wireless-3.6.6-1 drivers and patched them with the following patch in order to use them with aircrack-ng.
I have installed the latest version of Kismet in the git repository and I even tried with the svn but it keeps displaying the same error. I also have set the kismet.conf file with the nsource=wlan0 as it is the name of my wireless interface according to iwconfig :
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"XXXX"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Bit Rate=18 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=28/70 Signal level=-82 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:282 Missed beacon:0
I haven't found any answer since similar errors are supposed to be fixed with the latest Kismet release but this isn't my case. Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you!
