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Tari Akpodiete
02-04-2003, 02:38 AM
a few days ago, there was a program mentioned that lets one sniff out access points. i've done a search, several actually, and i just can't find it. can anyone help me out here? thanks.

sgyee
02-04-2003, 03:15 AM
a few days ago, there was a program mentioned that lets one sniff out access points. i've done a search, several actually, and i just can't find it. can anyone help me out here? thanks.

There's quite a few:

MiniStumbler (The original, only if you have a Hermes based 802.11b card)

PocketWarrior (Works with most Intersil Prism based cards. Designed mostly off of a Toshiba e740)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pocketwarrior/

Cirond's WiNC. (Works with most Intersil Prism based cards as well.)
http://www.cirond.com/site/products/wifispotter/download_software

If you have a iPAQ 54xx series with the Atmel chipset, you are out of luck. None of these work with the 54xx.

dcharles18
02-04-2003, 03:56 AM
Any reccomendations for one to use with a Symbol card??

sgyee
02-04-2003, 05:11 AM
Any reccomendations for one to use with a Symbol card??

WiNC will be updated to use the Symbol Wireless Networker series of cards. The current version now won't.

I've emailed their support team about that, and they claim that it will be included in their next release.

Tari Akpodiete
02-04-2003, 05:19 AM
thanks for the info. i'll check those out. however, does anyone remember the one specifically mentioned on this site a few days ago? does anyone have the link to that story?

ctmagnus
02-04-2003, 05:56 AM
This (http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/index.php?topic_id=8147) it?

AFAIK someone is already working on the Atmel chipset, someone affiliated with PocketWarrior.

blazingwolf
02-04-2003, 09:45 PM
This is the link for http://www.stumbler.net/readme/readme_Mini_0_3_23.html
]mini stumbler[/url]. Hope it is the 1 you are looking for.

Sorry for the link mess, can't seem to figure out how to do it right.

ctmagnus
02-04-2003, 11:24 PM
This is the link for mini stumbler (http://www.stumbler.net/readme/readme_Mini_0_3_23.html). Hope it is the 1 you are looking for.

Sorry for the link mess, can't seem to figure out how to do it right.

That better? :)

blazingwolf
02-05-2003, 02:17 AM
That is alot better. Now how did you do that :?:

ctmagnus
02-06-2003, 05:46 AM
You had extra spaces either side of = and before the first ]


[quote="blazingwolf"]This is the link for [url = http://www.stumbler.net/readme/readme_Mini_0_3_23.html
]mini stumbler[/url]. Hope it is the 1 you are looking for.

Sorry for the link mess, can't seem to figure out how to do it right.[/quote]

Should look like


[quote="blazingwolf"]This is the link for [url=http://www.stumbler.net/readme/readme_Mini_0_3_23.html]mini stumbler[/url]. Hope it is the 1 you are looking for.

Sorry for the link mess, can't seem to figure out how to do it right.[/quote]

Enjoy!

blazingwolf
02-06-2003, 02:54 PM
Thank you very much.

Tari Akpodiete
02-09-2003, 02:49 AM
thanks, ctmagnus! that IS precisely the one i was looking for. and i will check out some of the other ones suggested.

topps
02-10-2003, 09:04 AM
a few days ago, there was a program mentioned that lets one sniff out access points. i've done a search, several actually, and i just can't find it. can anyone help me out here? thanks.

I'm missing something...why not just set the SSID to "ANY" or "blank" so that it works with any open WiFI setup?

Jorgen
02-10-2003, 03:12 PM
>I'm missing something

Yes, because it will catch the strongest signal which may not be what you want. I was sitting in a coffee bar without Wi-fi and wanted to pickup a SurfandSip next door. However, I picked up a signal of an unknown source without public access (I think). I had to type the name of the SurfandSip to get on. My Bluetake PCMCIA card lists all IP in the area but I have yet to see a CF card that can do that.

Jorgen

CoreyJF
02-13-2003, 03:06 PM
Is it just the Toshibia e740? but when you click configure on the wifi and click on the scan tab it shows all of the AP's it detects? If you click on one of them, it will conect you to that one.