Track Pineapple via GPS

[chriswhat]

Does anyone have a reliable method for acquiring a remote Pineapple's GPS coordinates? When the Pineapple is tethered to a 3g/4g modem, not a GPS-enabled phone.

[Mr-Protocol]

USB GPS would do the trick. Just be careful how you track your pineapple as depending where you put it, may become illegal VERY quickly...

[barry99705]

I couldn't get my usb gps to work with the pineapple. It's a standard pl-2302 to serial to usb gps. Seems gpsd on the pineapple doesn't have support for the adapter.

[Sebkinne]

I couldn't get my usb gps to work with the pineapple. It's a standard pl-2302 to serial to usb gps. Seems gpsd on the pineapple doesn't have support for the adapter.

I'll see what I can do!

[barry99705]

I'll see what I can do!

Sweet! Thanks Seb!

[Sebkinne]

Alright, here it is. I attached the kmod you need to install. Simply SCP it to your /tmp/ folder on the WiFi Pineapple MKV and execute the following over SSH:

opkg install /tmp/kmod-usb-serial-pl2303_3.3.8-1_ar71xx.ipk

Have fun!

Sebkinne

kmod-usb-serial-pl2303_3.3.8-1_ar71xx.zip

[barry99705]

Alright, here it is. I attached the kmod you need to install. Simply SCP it to your /tmp/ folder on the WiFi Pineapple MKV and execute the following over SSH:

opkg install /tmp/kmod-usb-serial-pl2303_3.3.8-1_ar71xx.ipk

Have fun!

Sebkinne

You freaking rock!!!!

Edited November 23, 2013 by barry99705

[bedpan]

Hey,

I'm trying to get my GPS going with Kismet too. I can't seem to get gpsd to work though. Did you have to do anything special, or launch it with any specific hooks? The same gps works on my laptop running Kali, so I don't know what I'm missing.

It seems to have installed right, but I can't get anything out of it:

root@Pineapple:~# dmesg |grep 2303
[   36.390000] USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[   36.390000] pl2303 1-1.2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
[   36.400000] usb 1-1.2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[   36.400000] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
[   36.410000] pl2303: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver

Also, if you want your Kismet to do channel hopping, you have to put your device into monitor mode yourself for it to work:

ifconfig wlan1 down
iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
kismet_drone

...Kinda working.

gpsd -b /dev/ttyUSB0

Edited November 23, 2013 by bedpan

[barry99705]

Hey,

I'm trying to get my GPS going with Kismet too. I can't seem to get gpsd to work though. Did you have to do anything special, or launch it with any specific hooks? The same gps works on my laptop running Kali, so I don't know what I'm missing.

It seems to have installed right, but I can't get anything out of it:

root@Pineapple:~# dmesg |grep 2303
[   36.390000] USB Serial support registered for pl2303
[   36.390000] pl2303 1-1.2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
[   36.400000] usb 1-1.2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[   36.400000] usbcore: registered new interface driver pl2303
[   36.410000] pl2303: Prolific PL2303 USB to serial adaptor driver

Also, if you want your Kismet to do channel hopping, you have to put your device into monitor mode yourself for it to work:

ifconfig wlan1 down
iwconfig wlan1 mode monitor
kismet_drone

...Kinda working.

gpsd -b /dev/ttyUSB0

I'm not using gpsd at all. It's a pos in my opinion. Kismet newcore can talk directly to gps devices. Edit your /etc/kismet/kismet.conf I also had to move the kismet binaries to their local positions instead of having them installed on the sd card. Kismet complains about too many links if you try to just link to the sd card.

gps=true
# Do we use a locally serial attached GPS, or use a gpsd server?
# (Pick only one)
# gpstype=gpsd
gpstype=serial
# What serial device do we look for the GPS on?
gpsdevice=/dev/ttyUSB0
# Host:port that GPSD is running on.  This can be localhost OR remote!
# gpshost=localhost:2947
# Do we lock the mode?  This overrides coordinates of lock "0", which will
# generate some bad information until you get a GPS lock, but it will
# fix problems with GPS units with broken NMEA that report lock 0
gpsmodelock=false
# Do we try to reconnect if we lose our link to the GPS, or do we just
# let it die and be disabled?
gpsreconnect=true

Edited November 23, 2013 by barry99705

[jjd]

I'm not using gpsd at all. It's a pos in my opinion. Kismet newcore can talk directly to gps devices. Edit your /etc/kismet/kismet.conf I also had to move the kismet binaries to their local positions instead of having them installed on the sd card. Kismet complains about too many links if you try to just link to the sd card.

gps=true
# Do we use a locally serial attached GPS, or use a gpsd server?
# (Pick only one)
# gpstype=gpsd
gpstype=serial
# What serial device do we look for the GPS on?
gpsdevice=/dev/ttyUSB0
# Host:port that GPSD is running on.  This can be localhost OR remote!
# gpshost=localhost:2947
# Do we lock the mode?  This overrides coordinates of lock "0", which will
# generate some bad information until you get a GPS lock, but it will
# fix problems with GPS units with broken NMEA that report lock 0
gpsmodelock=false
# Do we try to reconnect if we lose our link to the GPS, or do we just
# let it die and be disabled?
gpsreconnect=true

I had no idea you no longer needed gpsd!!!

[bedpan]

What kind of GPS do you guys have? My Kismet didn't see mine without gpsd.

I have an older Holux GR-213.

[barry99705]

I'm using a 10 year old microsoft usb gps.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/281210695023?lpid=82

[Caecilius]

BU-353 GPS works perfectly with one once I modified the kismet.conf file. No need for gpsd.

[BeNe]

You mean this GPS Receiver?

http://www.amazon.com/GlobalSat-BU-353-USB-GPS-Receiver/dp/B000PKX2KA

This is perfect.

Main power input: 4.5V ~ 6.5V DC input

Power consumption: 80mA

How does your kismet.conf looks like ?