RE: Fake AP in the Vendor field of Netstumbler

["OTTO, DOUGLAS P." <douglas.otto () thermo com>]

It could be a result of interference with another AP on the same
frequency.  

--
Douglas Otto - Sr Network Engineer
Thermo Electron Corp - Madison Site
5225 Verona Rd Bldg 4
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: shankarnarayan.d () netsol co in 
> [mailto:shankarnarayan.d () netsol co in] 
> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:24 AM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Fake AP in the Vendor field of Netstumbler
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> Hi,
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>   Was working on the Vulnerability Assessment of a client 
> network with about 100 Access Points. Began with Netstumbler 
> and it started showing me some AP's as Fake in the Vendor 
> field. I know that they are Cisco AP's, but am not too sure 
> why they are displayed as Fake AP's
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> I googled around a little but did not get any satisfactory 
> answers - one on Netstumbler.org said it was a quirk in the 
> version 0.4.0. Others suggested that I delete the Fake entry 
> and retry - this also did not lead me anywhere
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> Anyone 'stumbled' on some other explanations
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> Rgds,
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> Shankar