[Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Wireless Sniffers (RobertB.Peirce)

[<ard...@xs...>]

>Does anybody know where I can get a wireless sniffer that will measure
>a NetGate card on a Mac OS X 10.2.6 system?  Things like MacStumbler
>only work with Airport.  Somebody suggested Kismet, which seems to be
>pretty broad-based except it only does Airport on Macs too.  The
>Wireless Config app is nice, but it lacks a scale and peak hold, so
>there is no way to know what "Signal Strength" really means.

Kismac does a very good job and comes with its own drivers for a few 
cards, so you  might be misinformed about that it does airport only, 
or you might mistake Kismet for Kismac.

There is a good graphing option, both on the coverage of an AP while 
driving around  (using GPS, see below) or on the signal strengths.

There is an excellent support from its author, Mick, and a mailling 
list is available too. It realy is a fast (fastly? vastly?) improving 
program. GPS support is available, as are maps and its calibration 
(that is, you provide the map, kismac provides the calibration and 
tracking).

More details on Kismac can be found at 
<http://www.binaervarianz.de/projekte/programmieren/kismac/>
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hope this helps.

ard