Re: Wireless Card config for Searching APs

[John <jrmorris () nerdality com>]

I tend to like the Orinoco cards; Prism based cards also work, IIRC.

In my opinion, Linux is better, as long as you have driver support and 
that driver supports putting it into radio mode (rfmon mode).

When you are war[driving|walking|sailing|biking] you are using your card 
as a passive radio first in raw mode (rfmon mode), to detect networks 
transmitting in the 2.4ghz band.

Some links:
http://www.wardriving.com/
http://wifi.qaddisin.com/
http://www.kismetwireless.net/
http://www.wifimaps.com/
http://www.wireless-network-guide.com/wireless-network-security.php

Cheers,

John

marcelo wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I would like to know what is the best config for a Wireless Card for 
> searching APs in a building.
> I´m using NetStumbler and had found my own AP, but my card was 
> configured with my network settings. To find other ones, do I have to 
> set an IP or use DHCP? What is the windows network configuration to use?
> I know that the SSID must be ANY or (NULL), right?
> I have an LG W1100N Prism2 Card (Windows XP).
> I haven´t tried to use it in LINUX... does Linux do the job better than 
> Windows XP?
> Thanks.
> Marcelo Pudell
> System Auditor
> Brasil
>
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