02-01-2003, 11:53 PM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 15,171
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iDetect's Wi-Fi Sniffer
"Wi-Fi Sniffer, WFS-1, detects Wi-Fi availability by the press of a button. No longer do you have to boot up your laptop or walk around with your laptop turned on, hence reducing the risk of hard drive crashes. Pressing the button on the Wi-Fi Sniffer will tell you whether access is available."
Not sure if this is real or not, but if it is, it might be a cool administrative (and wardriving) tool. The real problem is how such a device is supposed to tell which wireless network it's picking up. I was configuring a wireless client the other day in an office building, and before I plugged in the real SSID and WEP key for a secured base station, it picked up one from the floor below or above - and the signal was strong. 
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02-02-2003, 12:13 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 145
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This might be useful for wardriving! (I don't wardrive because I only have an e740...range wont allow it) Maybe a continous search mode though.
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02-02-2003, 12:28 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 42
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OK, I checked the site, is it just me ( due to weekend drunkeness), or is there no download link ??
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02-02-2003, 12:42 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 113
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Originally Posted by Registered
OK, I checked the site, is it just me ( due to weekend drunkeness), or is there no download link ??
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Duh...it is a piece Hardware 8O
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02-02-2003, 12:42 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 145
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What would you be downloading? Its hardware... :roll:
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02-02-2003, 12:47 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 42
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lol 
..time to get off the sauce.........
R.
Memo to self: Actually read articles before posting !
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02-02-2003, 01:30 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 86
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I'm just skeptical that this would actually work. And to me, it's very misleading.
On one hand - You get to detect 802.11b frequencies. Whoopee.
On the other hand - What can you do with it once you detect 802.11b frequencies ? Nothing.
I could care less (as a network admin) if I detect 802.11b frequencies. I do care if I can do something with it.
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02-02-2003, 01:46 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4
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check the range of your network to see how far you can place computers?
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02-02-2003, 01:52 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 238
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Is it just me, but what's the big deal about this? Is it because it's small and can carry it around? Picture looks kind of fake too, very Photoshopish.
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02-02-2003, 01:57 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 33
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I dont know but to me it looks like it is photoshoped or something. But it may be me.
Garrett
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