[MLB-WIRELESS] Netstumbler query

[Ryan]

Hey
The compaq WL100  seems to be a good old card but netstumbler seems to not
support it does any other stumbling programs on windows support it
Thanks -Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "rick" <mibz at optushome.com.au>
To: "Michael Carey" <mcarey4 at bigpond.net.au>; "melbwireless"
<melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Netstumbler query


> 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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