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RTL_SDR Not Populating Data #417

Open Dinosaur-Ceiling opened 2 years ago

Dinosaur-Ceiling commented 2 years ago

Hello all, hoping I can find an answer to my issue.

I have been trying to get my RTL_SDR (RTL2832U) to work in Kismet. I have installed the required RTL_433 and Kismet can see my RTL_SDR as an interface. I am able to enable the device, but no data is ever populated in Kismet.

I have been able to run the SDR via just the rtl_433 code and have confirmed that it works to receive information. Just not sure how to get Kismet to see the data.

Am I missing something simple that I just overlooked?

Any help appreciated!

Marshall-Hallenbeck commented 2 years ago

I just started playing around with the same RTL SDR (RTL2832U) and it worked fine for me, I just had to go into the "data sources" area in the web app and set it to "running"

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Dinosaur-Ceiling commented 2 years ago

Sorry, should have been more specfic. I am using the RTL-SDR driver application on Android which is a port of rtl_tcp to the platform which allows other applications to start rtl_tcp and use the raw I/Q samples that it reads from USB DVB-T dongles based on the RTL2832U chip. The end goal being to use the RTL with an OTG cable to survey TPMS data and visualize it with the Kismet GUI.

I have been able to get RTL_SDR data to populate in Kismet on a normal install on a Kali Linux computer. But I cannot get data to populate in Kali Nethunter. The Kali Nethunter Kismet can see the RTL_SDR USB driver, but from what I can tell, since the RTL_SDR is only accessable to Android via the ported RTL_TCP app, Kismet it is not seeing any of the data being generated as it only recognizes the USB. I am thinking it would required a TCP passthrough. Not sure if that is possible or not.