Passiotic

A passive radio device ticker

Installation

Make sure Tshark is installed, for linux:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tshark

Make sure you are using Python 3 then setup the virtual env:

pip3 install virtualenv
export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"
virtualenv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

deactivate to deactivate the virtual env.

Notes for running the script

Make sure to change the INTERFACE field to appropriate device name. E.g. mac is usually en0 and on a Pi is wlan0.

Current issue trying to run on Pi

• Permission issue (need sudo to start tshark in monitor mode)
  • workaround by running it in root
• Not capturing packets
  • "Listening..." showed up, no error, was not able to capture the association request packets.
  • looks like Pi's default card does not support monitor mode, see this