"George D." <georgeya@gmail.com> hath wroth:

>On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 13:37:53 -0400, Mike M wrote:
>> In addition to this I got in my home a computer in an area with weak signals
>> from my wireless network ... to get stronger signals to this
>> computer or connect it with cable, then it would be the perfect solution.

>Jeff Liebermann would know this better than me but one thing I suggest is
>Network Crumbler (basically a hacked network stumbler that allows both
>netstumbler and wireless zero to work at the same time).

Not me. This is the first time I've ever heard of Network Crumbler. I
eventually found NetCrumbler at:
<http://www.chroniclesofawardriver.org/How-To_Hack_NSv0.4.0_Enable_WZC.html#NetCrumbler>
Why would I want WZC running at the same time as NS?

>Netcrumbler will show you the signal strength of all the local hidden
>wireless networks. For example, in my neighborhood, there are dozens of
>access points, and netcrumbler orders them from weak to strong, allowing me
>to choose unused channels and ssids.

Nope. Netstumbler doesn't do that, with or without the patch. Turn
off SSID broadcast and Netstumbler doesn't see it. NS is an active
sniffer. The way NS works is that is transmits a probe request, which
is answered by all access points with their SSID, except for the one's
set to not broadcast their SSID. Some wireless clients, like the one
that come with Netgear WG511 v2, will show hidden access points, but
with a blank SSID. Of course, Linux based Kismet shows everything
including wireless clients. It's a passive sniffer that doesn't
require a response and simply extracts the SSID out of various
connect/disconnect packets.

However, we're getting way off topic here. Netstumbler is a good tool
for optimizing the location of a wireless client. Move the antenna
around and tune for maximum. If SSID broadcast is off in the wireless
access point, turn it on temporarily for the duration of the test.


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