[kismac] Guide to Prism 2/2.5 cards with KisMac and Wireless Driver
- From: "Java Nut" <javanut20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: kismac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:26:37 -0500
I am posting my first draft here in the forums for peer review before
posting on the KisMac wiki. I am crossposting with two groups for the
SourceForge driver as well. If you have anything to add or correct, please
let me know. Text inside of brackets [] is not really part of the Guide, but
a solicitation for more information.
Introduction:
A high output, high senstitivity 802.11b card with external antenna jacks is
an excellent choice for scanning for networks with tools such as KisMac as
well as connecting to networks. There are several such cards using versions
of the PRISM chip set. This guide summarizes the installation procedures and
functionality that you are likely to achieve with various versions of OS X.
I prefer the PRISM 2 chipset over the newer PRISM GT chipset for 802.11g
cards, because there are no high output high senstivity PRISM GT 802.11g
cards with a external antenna connector that I could find. [If you are aware
of such a PRISM GT card, please let me know.]
Note: I did not test WEP because support varies within PRISM cards. You may
be limited to connecting to open networks. These procedures were tested on
an open network.
I hope to see further development/debugging of the SourceForge Wireless
Driver to fix the flakiness, and make WEP and Mac address configuration work
more consistently.
Jaguar (10.2.8)
Functionality achieved: You should find that you are able to connect to
networks with your card, scan with Kismac, and change Mac Addresses with
WirelessMac. Be sure to reboot after you scan before connecting to a network
because Kismac is flakey about unloading the driver. Also I would recommend
a reboot after changing the Mac address before connecting to a network with
a custom Mac address and maybe another reboot after configuring the Network
control panel to use what the operating system perceives as a "new" adapter.
1) Install version 1.0.0 b5 of the SourceForge Wireless Driver according to
the instructions.
2) Insert your wireless card and determine the IOName of your card using the
command
/usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep pccard
3) In the terminal issue the su command to become the root user and then cd
into /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext/Contents.
4) Edit the info.plist file (with pico) and look for the following section.
<key>everything else</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>org.noncontiguous.WirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>org_noncontiguous_WirelessDriver</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pccard156,2</string>
<string>pccard1eb,807</string>
<string>pccard274,1613</string>
<string>pccard274,1612</string>
<string>pccard138,2</string>
If your card is not already present, follow the pattern to add it at the
bottom of the list.
5) Save the file and SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER FOR A COLD BOOT. You can leave
the card inserted through the remainder of these steps. (The Wireless driver
is a little flakey and may not recognize the card right away, even with a
warm boot, so a cold boot should get it working with your card.)
6) Restart your computer, and verify the card is recognized by issuing the
following command in Terminal
ifconfig
You should see a new ethernet adaptor listed, such as en2 or en3. If you are
not in the vicinity of an open wireless network, move your computer to one
to test that you connect. You should then be able to setup the network name
to connect to and the Network settings in the system Preferences. If you
can't connect, do an extra restart after setting up your settings, or change
the location to something else and back (its a little flakey).
7) Install KisMac KisMAC012a per the instructions and choose to install the
Wireless Driver Patch.
[Group, what is the latest version of KisMac that can run in Jaguar? I
guessed this is the latest one for Jaguar, but correct me if I am wrong.]
When finished using your wireless card, shutdown before removing it, as the
OS is not too keen on removal of the card and you may have system crashes.
Power Off card in the menu bar does not work - it just comes right back, so
shut down to remove the card.
Panther (10.3.9)
I tried version 1.0.0 b5 of the SourceForge Wireless Driver and it is
completely nonfunctional in 10.3.9. I think Apple did something in this last
release of Panther to break it and I saw such speculation in the forums.
Panther (10.3.3)
Functionality achieved: Mac OS X Panther is really not a good operating
system for Prism 2 based wireless cards and KisMac. My recommendation if you
want to use KisMac with theSourceForge driver and a high sensitivity card is
to go back to Jaguar, or forward to Tiger.
Follow steps 1 - 6 above for general use of your Wireless Card. KisMac 0.12a
kernal panicked when I tried to scan months ago and I heard similar results
from at least one other person in posts. I don't know about other versions
(not having time to reformat my Panther drive to take it back level to
10.3.3 after trying 10.3.9 in order to try R62).
Tiger (10.4.2)
Functionality achieved: You should be able to connect to Wireless networks
and use KisMac. WirelessMac sets the Mac address inside of info.plist but
the Wireless driver will not pick it up and will not use it, apparently not
even with the modrak patch.
1) Install version Beta 6 of the SourceForge Wireless Driver according to
the instructions.
2) Insert your wireless card and determine the IOName of your card using the
command
/usr/sbin/ioreg -l | grep pccard
3) In the terminal issue the su command to become the root user and then cd
into /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext/Contents.
4) Edit the info.plist file and look for the following section.
<key>everything else</key>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>org.noncontiguous.WirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOClass</key>
<string>org_noncontiguous_WirelessDriver</string>
<key>IOMACAddress</key>
<string>00:11:22:33:44:55</string>
<key>IONameMatch</key>
<array>
<string>pccard156,2</string>
<string>pccard1eb,807</string>
<string>pccard274,1613</string>
<string>pccard274,1612</string>
<string>pccard138,2</string>
If your card is not already present, follow the pattern to add it at the
bottom of the list.
5) Save the file and SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER FOR A COLD BOOT. You can leave
the card inserted through the remainder of these steps. (The Wireless driver
is a little flakey and may not recognize the card right away, even with a
warm boot, so a cold boot should get it working with your card.)
6) Restart your computer, and verify the card is recognized by issuing the
folling command in Terminal
ifconfig
You should see a new ethernet adaptor listed, such as en2 or en3. If you are
not in the vicinity of an open wireless network, move your computer to one
to test that you connect. You should then be able to setup the network name
to connect to and the Network settings in the system Preferences. If you
can't connect, do an extra restart after setting up your settings, or change
the location to something else and back (its a little flakey).
7) Install KisMac R63 or later per the instructions and choose to install
the Wireless Driver Patch. I used KisMac R67, the latest one with a prebuilt
installer.
8) Install modrak patch to wireless driver to enable operation with KisMac.
(This was also advertised as allowing changing of Mac address of the PRISM
based card.) The next few steps come from
http://www.netstumbler.org/archive/index.php/t-15852.html
and
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1219280&group_id=34453&atid=411312
9) Download http://3web.dkm.cz/modrak/WirelessDriver.kext.zip
[Note: The source for the modrak patch has not been posted or shared to my
knowlege. I am hoping that someone comes forward with it so it can be merged
into the CVS along with the susumu fix of July. I did not install the Susumu
fix, as I chose the modrak patch instead.]
10) Unpack the kext to /System/Library/Extensions/ -- you'll need to
authenticate..
11) In Terminal, execute the following commands
su
(enter root password)
chown -R root /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext
chgrp -R wheel /System/Library/Extensions/WirelessDriver.kext
Also, you will need to reinsert your card's IOName in the info.plist file if
you had to do it above. Do so at this time.
12) PERFORM A COLD BOOT.
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