diff -Naur kismet-2011-03-R2-orig/kis_panel_windows.cc kismet-2011-03-R2/kis_panel_windows.cc
--- kismet-2011-03-R2-orig/kis_panel_windows.cc	2011-03-02 17:04:05.000000000 -0500
+++ kismet-2011-03-R2/kis_panel_windows.cc	2012-02-07 11:53:39.634360668 -0500
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@
 
 	// Import the existing console
 	constext->SetFollowTail(1);
-	constext->SetMaxText(50);
+	constext->SetMaxText(250);
 	if (kpinterface->FetchServerFramework() == NULL)  {
 		constext->SetText("Kismet server not started (or not started via this client)");
 		textcb = -1;