Strange Kismet Newcore behavior

["Nils" <nils () hemmann de>]

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

_______________________________________________
Pauldotcom mailing list
Pauldotcom () mail pauldotcom com
http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom
Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com