puffgussy36
join:2007-01-15
Hampton, NH
| reply to antdude
Re: Router Homepage says WPA2 but Net Stumbler says WEP
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
@dslextreme.com
| 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
A Ninja Ant
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join:2001-03-25
| 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
A Ninja Ant
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join:2001-03-25
| 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
A Ninja Ant
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join:2001-03-25
| 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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