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Hello all....
My girlfriend and I have to travel for work rather extensively, and sometimes we're only in a given location a few weeks - makes getting dsl/cable rather unwieldy. I've taken to wardriving a bit with my G4 Powerbook, and have had some reasonable luck (using Kismac and MacStumbler). Checking email and mapquest from behind a gas station in Reno is pretty groovy....
Problem is, we're currently in a place with limited signal strength to a couple of open (non wep/non wap) networks. How can I improve this? Is there a way to easily add an external antenna to the G4? Or am I stuck going after an aironet card and adding an antenna to that?
I've also got an Airport Extreme with antenna port - anybody know if I can run Kismac through the Airport so I can get some gain off an external antenna?
Thanks for the help - you can see, I'm a relative newbie to this...but it's cool!
Jason
My girlfriend and I have to travel for work rather extensively, and sometimes we're only in a given location a few weeks - makes getting dsl/cable rather unwieldy. I've taken to wardriving a bit with my G4 Powerbook, and have had some reasonable luck (using Kismac and MacStumbler). Checking email and mapquest from behind a gas station in Reno is pretty groovy....
Problem is, we're currently in a place with limited signal strength to a couple of open (non wep/non wap) networks. How can I improve this? Is there a way to easily add an external antenna to the G4? Or am I stuck going after an aironet card and adding an antenna to that?
I've also got an Airport Extreme with antenna port - anybody know if I can run Kismac through the Airport so I can get some gain off an external antenna?
Thanks for the help - you can see, I'm a relative newbie to this...but it's cool!
Jason
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Sun, April 25, 2004 - 9:47 PMI would recommend a card with an antenna port. Then try making one of those infamous pringles cantennas. -
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Wed, April 28, 2004 - 1:41 PMPringles can antennas get no better reception than store bought external antennas... +6 or +8db -
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Thu, April 29, 2004 - 5:24 AMBut they're free. :)
Try a coffee cantenna, which apparently is a bit better, or if you want, there's a whole assortment of cheapos you can make(not really good for wardriving though since some of em can get big):
< www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html >
For some compact cantenna designs:
< www.turnpoint.net/wireless/...howto.html >
< www.seattlewireless.net/index....antenna >
And if you've got a spare satellite dish lying around:
< www.wscicc.org/DishCantenna.htm >
< www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Airp...rimestar.html >
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Thu, May 6, 2004 - 11:50 AMwww.cantenna.com - 'nuff said. -
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Thu, May 6, 2004 - 3:48 PMWho the hell are you Wolf? -
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Fri, May 7, 2004 - 5:39 AMWho am I? Just a boy and a laptop who likes to play on the Internet. :)
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Wed, May 12, 2004 - 3:14 PMI use a usb Belkin adapter for my wardriving fun. Fished the usb cable through the carpet and seat and tacked it to the underside of the roof. Wouldn't necessarily recommend belkin cause their mac drivers suck something fierce, but it works and its cheap. I've got the f5d6050. -
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Re: Wardriving and the Powerbook G4
Wed, June 16, 2004 - 11:37 AMas long as it works for you I would guess that is all that matters.
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