beginner123 Posted Thursday at 02:08 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:08 PM Whenever I try to connect my packet squirrel to the network to run the TCPDump payload, it never makes the connection and fails. In the "Available Networks" on my computer I see it trying to connect, it says "Identifying Network No Internet" then disappears without ever actually connecting. I plugged the ethernet cable on the power side to my computer and the ethernet on the USB side to the network switch. Maybe I am doing something wrong, I'm not sure If anyone can help that would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 02:21 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:21 PM 11 minutes ago, beginner123 said: it never makes the connection and fails What are you referring to here? The target computer or the Squirrel? Any LED indications on the Squirrel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 02:24 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:24 PM Just now, dark_pyrro said: What are you referring to here? The target computer or the Squirrel? Any LED indications on the Squirrel? The computer isn't recognizing the squirrel as an ethernet adapter and so nothing is getting routed through it. in terms of LED it starts blinking green then solid green then blinking blue for about two seconds and then finally slow blinking red (which from what I understood is FAIL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 02:31 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:31 PM The computer shouldn't recognize the Squirrel at all since the TCPDump payload runs in NETMODE TRANSPARENT However, blinking red indicates that no USB storage device was found (when it comes to the TCPDump payload). Do you have a properly formatted USB storage device attached to the Squirrel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 02:40 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:40 PM 7 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: The computer shouldn't recognize the Squirrel at all since the TCPDump payload runs in NETMODE TRANSPARENT However, blinking red indicates that no USB storage device was found (when it comes to the TCPDump payload). Do you have a properly formatted USB storage device attached to the Squirrel? Yes I formatted it to NFTS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 02:50 PM Share Posted Thursday at 02:50 PM Set the Squirrel in arming mode and ssh into it and verify where the USB storage device is mounted in the file system (run: df -h) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 03:57 PM 1 hour ago, dark_pyrro said: Set the Squirrel in arming mode and ssh into it and verify where the USB storage device is mounted in the file system (run: df -h) This is what comes up when in arming mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 05:03 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:03 PM That means it's not mounted at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 05:12 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 05:12 PM 8 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: That means it's not mounted at all What is the solution for this? (Sorry I'm new to all this) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 05:18 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:18 PM First, I would try to reformat the USB storage device and make sure it's got one partition and not just a block device. If possible, try EXT4 as well. Also try different USB storage devices in case it's something with the one you are using that the Squirrel doesn't "like" for some reason. Second, I would check /etc/hotplug.d/block/20-usb as well and make sure it mounts to /mnt and not some other directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 05:39 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 05:39 PM 19 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: First, I would try to reformat the USB storage device and make sure it's got one partition and not just a block device. If possible, try EXT4 as well. Also try different USB storage devices in case it's something with the one you are using that the Squirrel doesn't "like" for some reason. Second, I would check /etc/hotplug.d/block/20-usb as well and make sure it mounts to /mnt and not some other directory. I've tried it with a different USB, made sure to have at least one partition and checked that it is mounting to /mnt and still it is not showing up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 05:48 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:48 PM OK, what's the output of ls /dev without the USB storage device attached, and then the output of the same command with the USB storage device attached? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 05:49 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:49 PM Also the output of lsusb with and without the USB storage device Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 05:59 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 05:59 PM This is the output for ls /dev without the USB: Output of ls /dev with USB: 8 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: Also the output of lsusb with and without the USB storage device This is giving me an error, saying the file/directory doesn't exist, both with USB and without Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 06:03 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:03 PM (edited) That's odd, it shouldn't involve files or directories, it should only show the attached USB devices, note that it is one word (lsusb), not ls usb Edited Thursday at 06:04 PM by dark_pyrro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 06:06 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 06:06 PM 2 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: That's odd, it shouldn't involve files or directories, it should only show the attached USB devices, note that it is one word (lsusb), not ls usb Like this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 06:13 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:13 PM Ok, the command not available on the Squirrel, skip that, didn't remember it wasn't installed out of the box Anyway, the USB storage device isn't available as a device in /dev and the only thing I can think of is that it's not formatted in a proper way. I only use Windows for office stuff so I'm normally using Linux for everything else and I would use gparted to make sure the USB storage device is all OK for use along with the Squirrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Thursday at 06:36 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 06:36 PM 22 minutes ago, dark_pyrro said: Ok, the command not available on the Squirrel, skip that, didn't remember it wasn't installed out of the box Anyway, the USB storage device isn't available as a device in /dev and the only thing I can think of is that it's not formatted in a proper way. I only use Windows for office stuff so I'm normally using Linux for everything else and I would use gparted to make sure the USB storage device is all OK for use along with the Squirrel. Ok, so do you think there is anything else I can do? I really appreciate all the help, thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Thursday at 06:38 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:38 PM One more thing, is this a brand new Squirrel or an older one? Does it have the latest firmware installed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beginner123 Posted Friday at 02:01 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:01 PM (edited) 20 hours ago, dark_pyrro said: One more thing, is this a brand new Squirrel or an older one? Does it have the latest firmware installed? Yes this is a brand new one, now running version 3.2 Edited Friday at 03:36 PM by beginner123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_pyrro Posted Friday at 07:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 07:42 PM You say: 5 hours ago, beginner123 said: now running version 3.2 Did you recently update it? I.e. was it on a lower fw version when you tried getting the USB storage device mounted, or has it been on fw 3.2 all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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