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Kismet on Mac OS X 10.5+

Before we start:

1. Do you have Xcode installed?

2. Do you have Macports installed?

  1. sudo port selfupdate
  2. sudo port sync

**note: You may need to add the following to your Bash user profile like so:

  1. # Your previous .profile (if any) is saved as .profile.mpsaved
  3. # Setting the path for MacPorts.
  5. export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
  7. PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
  9. PATH=/opt/local/bin:$PATH
  11. PATH=/opt/local:$PATH

3. Do you have Subversion installed?

Download Subversion 1.4.4 For Mac OS X or install subversion With Macports:

  1. sudo port install subversion

Lets begin. . .

1. Install the latest development release of Kismet! Type the following commands in the terminal:

  1. cd ~/
  3. svn co http://svn.kismetwireless.net/code/trunk kismet-devel
  5. cd kismet-devel

2. Now we have to configure, make and then install kismet:

  1. ./configure
  3. sudo make
  5. sudo make install

3. Kismet should not be installed however, we still need to configure and verify the settings are correct:

  1. vi /usr/local/etc/kismet.conf


**note: Also make sure the suid user is you Mac OS X user name! Line: 13 - This is very important. In the above screen capture you can see mine says “mephux”.
Starting at line 27 we need to verify the airport settings are entered and correct. You should see the following and if not please add:

  1. source=darwin,en1,OS X

 

Now safe this file by pressing the ‘esc’ key and typing ‘:wq!’.

4. Start kismet and lets see if its working:

  1. sudo kismet

You’re Done!