[MLB-WIRELESS] Netstumbler query

rick mibz at optushome.com.au
Wed Jul 16 19:31:22 EST 2003


well lets start with basics

netstumbler is crap

kismet will find alot more networks

this problem is common theres lots of posts on the netstumbler forums maybe
have a poke around there?

prism2 cards can go in primisuous(sp?) mode  (dlink)
hermes cant  (orinoco)

what node are u on locfinder?

rik
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Carey" <mcarey4 at bigpond.net.au>
To: "melbwireless" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:06 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Netstumbler query


> Hi Everybody,
> Sorry for the long email but........
> I have been having some grief with Netstumbler of late and have drawn a
> blank. So I thought I would ask the collective knowledge of wirless gurus
at
> Melbourne Wireless.
> A friend asked to borrow my Orinoco Silver card and external magnetic
> antenna for a bit of a 'stumble last week. No problem I thought and he
> promptly collected before mentioned items.
> Later, when asking him how things went, he told me my card is crap!!
> Aghast, I prompted him for further information.
> It seems that my Orinoco card just plain ol' cannot see some access
points!!
> He has a laptop with XP and a D-Link PCCard (no external antenna) and he
> found six access points that the Orinoco card (which is supposed to be the
> one for netstumbler) cannot see!!
> Of course I tried my other PCCard and found that indeed he was correct.  I
> even found that I now cannot see some access points that I had no trouble
> with before. What is going on??
> My laptop is W2K SP3, Orinoco firmware 8.72, client S/W 7.6 (I think).
> Has anyone out there in Melb Wireless land had problems with this??
> Regards,
> Michael Carey (bruised head from banging on the desk!)
>
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