Getting the Wi-SPY analyzer to work on OSX

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Getting the Wi-SPY analyzer to work on OSX

I recently bought a Wi-SPY spectrum analizer to help me check out our school's wireless setup, under the impression that the open-source drivers available at http://www.kismetwireless.net/wispy.shtml would allow me to use it on my Mac instead of having to have a Windows machine.

However, after downloading the latest version of that code (WiSPY-Tools 2006-03-R1), I get a build error and can't get the programs to compile. Specifically, it says that I am missing the "LibUSB" library. Any ideas how to fix this?

I'm using 10.3.9 with its last release of XCode (I have source-based Fink installed on the Mac, so I know that works). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

J. Courcoul

PowerBook G4 15/1.25GHz, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Jul 21, 2006 6:42 AM

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Answer 1

Courcoul Author

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Jul 21, 2006 8:42 AM in response to Courcoul

I've located the LibUSB project and downloaded the latest release available (0.1.12). The ./configure phase shows no errors but the make phase bombs out on the SGML stuff; guess I'll have to check my OpenJade version setup. However, doing a 'make check' gets me the following:

$ make check
Making check in .
make[1]: Nothing to be done for `check-am'.
Making check in tests
make check-TESTS
Dev #0: 05AC - 8005
Dev #0: 05AC - 8005
Dev #0: 05AC - 8005
Dev #0: 05AC - 8005
Dev #0: Logitech - USB Receiver
Dev #0: 05AC - 8006
PASS: testlibusb
FAIL: descriptor_test
FAIL: id_test
FAIL: find_hubs
FAIL: find_mice
XFAIL: get_resolution
XFAIL: hub_strings
===================
4 of 7 tests failed
===================
make[2]: * [check-TESTS] Error 1
make[1]: * [check-am] Error 2
make: * [check-recursive] Error 1

Is this OK? Or what can I do to get these tests to pass?

Thanks,

J. Courcoul

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Answer 2

iFelix

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Jul 21, 2006 10:33 AM in response to Courcoul

Any use?

http://www.cookwareinc.com/EaKiu/

iFelix

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um

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Jul 21, 2006 1:26 PM in response to Courcoul

i'm using eakiu with wi-spy, it works well

however at the moment the developer's website seems to be down

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um

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Jul 21, 2006 2:00 PM in response to um

ah, eakiu's developer says...

EaKiu website is not down - however, we are aware that certain locations in the world can not reach it (it is available to 99% of the world, but there are a few ISPs in England and other parts of europe who block the site for some reason).

You can get a copy from me by EMailing me at eakiu@cookwareinc.com (EMail does get through, web hits are the only thing being blocked).

We just released the 3.1 Universal Binary of EaKiu today, btw.

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iFelix

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Jul 21, 2006 2:08 PM in response to um

It might be down, it was working earlier for me, but is not now.

iFelix

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um

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Jul 21, 2006 2:14 PM in response to iFelix

yeah, i did a trace earlier, my isp is returning the correct address and it looks like traffic gets through, but the server is just sending back a hello message

maybe he's rebuilding

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Courcoul Author

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Jul 25, 2006 10:03 AM in response to iFelix

Early this morning I tried on the Eakiu URL and it is now working again.

JMC

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Courcoul Author

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Jul 25, 2006 10:09 AM in response to iFelix

EaKiu is, indeed, THE solution to using WiSPY on MacOS X. Worked wonderfully fast on my PB G4 and even though I am on 10.3.9 !! I will try it out later on my 10.4 testbench to see if I get any additional functionality, but all seemed to work ok on 10.3. Right off the bat, it helped me to discover that a neighbor has set up a 2Wire wireless ADSL router on the same channel as my access point >:(

Thanks for your help. You have freed me from having to use evil software from the evil empire... 😉

Cheers,

JMC

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