Wardriving with WiFi Pineapple Mark V running Kismet

This tutorial walks through the steps to install kismet on the WiFi Pineapple Mark V turning it into a battery powered compact wardriving / warwalking machine.

Prerequisites

Boot up the pineapple, connect in client mode to an AP that has internet, and format your SD card.

SSH to the Pineapple

$ ssh -l root 172.16.42.1

Install Kismet

# opkg update
# opkg install kismet-server

Configure Kismet

# vim /etc/kismet/kismet.conf

Change the following options with your choices:

logprefix=/sd/.kismet
ncsource=wlan1
listen=tcp://0.0.0.0:2501
allowedhosts=0.0.0.0
gps=false
logtemplate=%p%n-%D-%i.%l

Create the kismet directory on your sd card

# mkdir /sd/.kismet

Fire up Kismet

# ifconfig wlan1 down
# iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
# ifconfig wlan1 up
# kismet_server