Re: Wireless MAC Address Detection

[Nick Lewis <lewisnic () ACM ORG>]

We've also successfully used the Cisco LWAPP to locate missing laptops and
other wireless devices.

Nick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Grimshaw" <rgrimsha () SYR EDU>
To: <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Wireless MAC Address Detection


> This may not help you today...
> We are in the midst of a conversion from heavy to lightweight APs Cisco
> LWAPP style...
> and I am very impressed with their location tracking server.
> <><Randy
>
>
> <><Randall Grimshaw
> Room 203 Machinery Hall
> Syracuse University
> Syracuse, NY   13244
> 315-443-5779
> rgrimsha () syr edu
>
> > > > Charlie.Prothero () KEYSTONE EDU 12/5/2006 11:27:11 AM >>>
> Hi, All!  We had a report of a stolen laptop today, and we think we
> have
> found it associated with an AP in a residence hall.  If our public
> safety folks started going door-to-door in that building, it would not
> only look bad, but I'm sure the machine would go quiet very quickly.
> We
> have used Net Stumbler in the past to detect rogue AP's.  Does anyone
> have a similar tool that you can put a MAC address into and trace its
> signal source?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> - Charlie