> -----Original Message----- > From: tcwug-list-admin at tcwug.org [mailto:tcwug-list-admin at tcwug.org]On > Behalf Of Matthew S. Hallacy > Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 5:38 PM > To: tcwug-list at tcwug.org > Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Re: Minneapolis Map of Access Points??? > Because Kismet works with just about any card you can throw at > it, including > cards that you can't manually hop on (ie: Cisco, some others), these cards > have a less suitable built in 'hopping' mode that tends to > gravitate towards > noisy channels (giving you a less accurate picture of what > traffic there is > in the area). > > Kismet simply listens on the interface for raw 802.11b frames, > and goes from > there. I don't understand why card portability precludes building the prism2_hopper functionality in the kismet server, but perhaps that is a discusion for the kismet list. Anyway, thanks for the info. By the way, I live in the warehouse district of downtown Minneapolis and I cannot see the downtown Minneapolis access points displayed on the map you made with kismet. I'm using a Linksys WPC11 v2.5. I guess I'd need a better antennae to see them. Not that I really care to see them. I was simply surprised to see so many networks overlaying my area. Mike Bresnahan