Re: Alternatives

["Verde Denim" <tdldev () gmail com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 5:24 PM, David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:44:31PM -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
> > Since WinXP with a wireless card precludes using nmap for all but basic
> > sweeps, I was wondering if anyone in the group might know
> > if using a liveCD of BackTrack or another Linux distro might work?
>
> I should make it clear that all the features of Nmap work with wireless
> cards work under Windows, as long as the wireless card is being used as
> an Ethernet device. Your setup is different because your wireless card
> is being used as a point-to-point device; that's why it shows up with
> the name ppp0 instead of eth0 or something like that. Nmap doesn't have
> any problem with everyday wi-fi connections.
>
> Using a live CD will work as long as it has drivers for your wireless
> card. But you appear to have some kind of custom setup, so I can't say
> for sure. What is it, a cell phone modem?

It's a Verizon wireless card setup. It does have a telephone number
associated with it, so my guess is that it is a cell phone modem.

I know that nmap works with a standard wifi because I've used it in Linux
(for basic scans only) and it seemed to work fine.

I don't know if Linux would even have drivers for this card. It's probably
worth a look, since this is my only Internet connection at the moment.
But if I can get a linux box up and running, at least I could scan myself
and practice with the tool...



> David Fifield
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