Re: [coLinux-users] Never heard back from anybody regarding Kismet...

[Robert C. <rw...@al...>]

On Monday, May 17, 2004, at 23:32 US/Central, Philip Schlesinger wrote:
> Hi all.  I never heard back from anybody regarding my message below.   
> Is Kismet going to work under CoLinux?  In other words, does CoLinux  
> give direct access to hardware?

You may be able to pull the same trick I did with USB for the wifi or  
other hardware.  Basically, use dmdiag.exe to figure out the device  
name under Windows, "bind" it to a block device in the .xml file, and  
then access it within colinux as /dev/cobd[0-9].

   
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/ 
dmdiag-o.asp

Let us know how it goes.

> If not, can someone recommend a Linux distribution which will allow me  
> to run Windows XP and Linux side-by-side, where Kismet can have direct  
> access to WLAN cards so they can be put into promiscuous mode?

You could run Linux with Windows under VMWare or maybe Bochs.  Not  
quite side-by-side, but close.

Go Zot!

Regards,
- Robert