Re: Wardriving with Yagi Antennas

["Terry Cutler" <jedi31337 () gmail com>]

Great info all, Thanks so much. I was looking at the Cantenna as it's
very portable. Do you know if would work with N Wireless ?

When I pen-test wireless, I usually know what he target it is, however
in a black box test, I'd like to get more range even though I'm in the
high-rise building parking lot which doesn't always grab a signal.



On 10/20/07, Shenk, Jerry A <jshenk () decommunications com> wrote:
> Do a little research on antennas in general.  If you're wardriving, you want an omni-directional antenna with a fair 
> amount of gain.  If this antenna you're looking at goes "up to 10 miles", it's gonna be very directional.  You want 
> something with more of a circular pattern.  An 8 db gain onmi will reach out pretty far but if you're in a city, you 
> might miss things in high buildings close to you.  If you're someplace where it's flat with few tall buildings, 
> perhaps a 12 db gain would work.  Look at and understand the pattern of the antenna you're getting.  In a pen-test, 
> you know your target (as opposed to random wardriving) so you might want to use a high gain directional antenna like 
> this yagi you're talking about to connect to the target network from a long way away.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Terry Cutler
> Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 11:18 AM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Wardriving with Yagi Antennas
>
> hi guys hope your weekend is good so far. Does anyone have any
> experience with teh Yagi Antenna booster ? They claim it can boost up
> to 10 miles. Just wonder if anyone has used it while wardriving. Maybe
> there's a better antenna you'd recommend ?
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
> --
> ./Terry Cutler
> Master CNE , CDE, CLP, Certified Ethical Hacker
>
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./Terry Cutler
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