antdude
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Re: Router Homepage says WPA2 but Net Stumbler says WEP
NetStumbler is indeed too old. Is there another program like NetStumbler that is updated to recognize WPA and newer technologies?
I asked about this in its forum a couple years ago: »www.netstumbler.org/f55/updates-···t-21259/ ... It seems the author stopped developing it. Hence, I am asking if there is another tool like it.
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puffgussy36
join:2007-01-15
Hampton, NH
| Well the site survey function available in the software for the Trendnet adapter offers most of the information you get in NS sans true signal strength and noise. I know there are other "sniffers" out there but I would not know what to recommend.
Up until two weeks ago I didn't know a thing about wireless connections, routers, etc. I'm getting a nice crash course though.  |
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justanotherguy
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| There are commercial tools you can buy (AirPCap, AirMagnet, etc.) that'll allow you to see the packets in Windows, but if you want to go free (albeit with a bit of a learning curve) try out the BackTrack LiveCD or USB distro. If you have a supported wireless card / chipset, you can set the wireless interface into monitor mode and see all the 802.11 management frames, as well as the WPA 4-way handshake taking place.
The big trick with Linux though is actually getting a wireless card that actually has a supported chipset for it. That might take some digging and research, but you learn a lot more in the end. |
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antdude
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| said by justanotherguy :
There are commercial tools you can buy (AirPCap, AirMagnet, etc.) that'll allow you to see the packets in Windows, but if you want to go free (albeit with a bit of a learning curve) try out the BackTrack LiveCD or USB distro. If you have a supported wireless card / chipset, you can set the wireless interface into monitor mode and see all the 802.11 management frames, as well as the WPA 4-way handshake taking place.
The big trick with Linux though is actually getting a wireless card that actually has a supported chipset for it. That might take some digging and research, but you learn a lot more in the end. So nothing in Windows for a quick scan like NetStumbler then. 
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puffgussy36
join:2007-01-15
Hampton, NH | Ant did you look into this?
»www.kismetwireless.net/ |
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antdude
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| Yeah, the old Kismet under Mac OS X 10.2.8. |
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puffgussy36
join:2007-01-15
Hampton, NH | Oh is it for MAC only? |
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antdude
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| said by puffgussy36  :Oh is it for MAC only? No. Mac (not MAC -- MAC address? :P), Windows (need that Cyngwin thing), and Linux. |
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justanotherguy
@dslextreme.com
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antdude
| Reliable wireless tools are generally on Linux. As an alternative, you can probably run this on VMware Player within Windows:
»www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/122 |
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