Re: Wireless network at home

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Dan Brickley <[email protected]> writes:

> On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Hugo Haas wrote:
>
> > * Gerald Oskoboiny <[email protected]> [2001-07-20 02:25-0400]
> > > I am using a 5-year-old Compaq Armada laptop as the base station,
> > > (built from parts of other old ones by Hugo, I think there are
> > > pictures of that operation somewhere.) Its hostname is ralph-wiggum,
> > > because it's so feeble.
> >
> > For the record, here are the pictures:
> >
> > http://larve.net/people/hugo/pictures/2000/03/laptop
> >
> > Talking about wireless network, I actually did some coverage tests at
> > my (future) new place, and it works really well, even in large houses,
> > and it covers apparently quite some space outside the building.
> >
> > Someone (whose name will be kept secret) used some cool Windows
> > software in the Somerville/Cambridge area the other day and discovered
> > lots of (unsecured) wireless networks. It is a program which checks
> > for base stations, displays all the characteristics if it finds one,
> > and can even be hooked with a GPS to put that on a map and have
> > worldwide free wireless connection by stealing packets from others.
>
> namelessly,
> http://rdfweb.org/people/danbri/NetStumbler.zip
>
> or google for NetStumbler...
>
> --*a*b*i

Anyone know of a linux equivalent?  My cable modem was out last night
and my plan was, if I couldn't get connected through it today, was to
go to downtown Portland, ME and see if I couldn't hop on someone's
wireless LAN.  Fallback plan was to spend the day in an internet
cafe.

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