Re: Wireless Card config for Searching APs

["Bob Radvanovsky" <rsradvan () unixworks net>]

I would tend to agree in that Lucent/Orinoco/Avaya/Prism(now) cards are
worthwhile using.  I have owned the following cards: Orinoco, Netgear, SMS,
Cisco, Linksys.  In order, I found that the Orinoco (esp. the "gold" [128
bite encrypted]) cards worked best when war(anything), with Linksys being a
close second (I've found that Linksys works best with the Sharp Zaurus line,
of which I have one -- very useful when attempting to sniff wireless
networks, which I use legitimately for my employer).  I have found that the
older Cisco cards, Netgear and SMS -- all choked under heavy loads or
usages.

If using Linux, Orinoco and Linksys are, by far, the most popular and widely
used of any of the wireless 802.11<x> cards.

Just a littl bit of info from 'da field.  Cheers.

Bob Radvanovsky [/unixworks]
rsradvan(at)unixworks(dot)com
"knowledge squared is information shared."

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John" <jrmorris () nerdality com>
To: "marcelo" <marcelo () madah com br>
Cc: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: Wireless Card config for Searching APs


> 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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