I am quite sure I can get (some) of theplugins to work. I didnt compile ettercap with the 'optional' libraries in this first step. From ettercap.sourceforge.net: To enable plugins: libltdl (part of libtool) To have perl regexp in the filters: libpcre To support SSH and SSL decryption: openssl 0.9.7 I already am on this, but we need kernel sources before we can proceed. We are not completely f^^^ we have promiscious mode, but we need packet injection and to do this we need the kernel sources to compile compat-wireless. I think it will not do anything, and maybe not needed since NAT forwarding is handled by ettercap. For other purposes, we might need to compile kernel to support NAT. Right, I had that result also, just tried this to check if that would matter for the NAT functionality. Well, that is good news then, for the missing NAT functionality in kernel /N