WiFinder, WiFi Scanner Released
A new app has been released to make it easier to find a working WiFi connection. WiFinder works on the Palm Tungsten C to scan the airwaves for working 802.11 access points.
WiFinder, now in public beta testing, is designed to facilitate the discovery of 802.11b (WiFi) access points using a Palm Tungsten C handheld. Users can use WiFinder at airports, hotels, restaurants, or shopping malls to verify the presence of WiFi Internet access. WiFinder provides users with a quick visual indication of which access points are open and which are private. System administrators can instantly determine the status of their wireless network.
WiFinder displays detailed information about each access point found including:
- AP Name (SSID)
- Signal Strength
- Hardware Address
- WEP status
- Channel
- Access Point Location (with GPS)
WiFinder also contains logging facilities that allow you to export scan data to a standard CSV file on the expansion card so that you can post-analyze it using common spreadsheet and database applications. GPS location information can also be recorded when connected to a GPS unit supplying NEMA data.
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Sweet.
RE: Sweet.
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Ben Combee, CodeWarrior for Palm OS technical lead
Programming help at www.palmoswerks.com
Very cool
Now I'll have to find out if it would work with any other Palm with an external WiFi adapter...
coop
RE: Very cool
Anybody knows if it puts the card in monitor/rfmon mode ? Or does it just send frames and wait for a reply ?
What GPS for my T/C
Thanks,
George Kenney
RE: What GPS for my T/C
http://www.semsons.com/pdaincabforg.html
I use it with the software from Mapopolis. It works great together and Mapopolis will have dynamic routing with voice directions for Palm soon. I have it for PocketPC and it is one of the best naivigation software packages out there.
Kenal0
"WarBiking" with Tungsten C
On my way home with my bicycle the WiFinder Software was active. Result:
11 Access Points found, only 3 WEP encrypted.
Absolutely great Software, I can recommend it.
Tried (and failed) on Clie NX /w WLAN100 Card ...
In case anyone else is interested, the app specifically looks for a PalmOS 5.2 ROM on a T|C.
~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~
RE: Tried (and failed) on Clie NX /w WLAN100 Card ...
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Programming help at www.palmoswerks.com
RE: Tried (and failed) on Clie NX /w WLAN100 Card ...
RE: Tried (and failed) on Clie NX /w WLAN100 Card ...
Previous experience with Sony does not leave me much hope though...
RE: Tried (and failed) on Clie NX /w WLAN100 Card ...
I've wished for something like NetStumbler for the NZ just because it'd make the WiFi card more useful when out and about - and it it'd be just plain cool to WarWalk. ;-)
-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
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I Wonder.....
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
- Bill Gates (1955-), in 1981
RE: I Wonder.....
And any traffic you send over their network unencrypted can be sniffed, of course. So if you use straight POP3/IMAP/SMTP (none of which are encrypted) then they can see the email. If you send a password in cleartext (say telnet instead of ssh) they'll see that too.
-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
Personal Homepage http://www.megazone.org/
Eyrie Productions FanFic http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
RE: I Wonder.....
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
- Bill Gates (1955-), in 1981
RE: I Wonder.....
Even more fun, if you lived in a high traffic area where people might be associating with your AP frequently, with a program like dsniff (http://www1.guardianagent.com:8080/downloads.asp?id=30) you could simply collect passwords indefinitely.
The other way is through wireless sniffers - although less common, they do exist. For example, during Comdex this past year a WiFi vendor was lending out free 802.11 cards to attendees so that the attendees could check their email. So, while sitting having my lunch one day I decided to fire up Aeropeek and see what I could find - told it to catch and POP3/SMTP traffic it saw going across the airwaves. In 20 minutes, I had captured several hundred emails. Of course, most were HTML emails ... and they had to be read in a packet dump ... but it did work.
My conclusions?
1. Never use an unencrypted AP. Period.
2. Us geeks have really boring email....
Toomer
www.guardianagent.com
Security Resources for Windows Admins
I Wonder.....
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
- Bill Gates (1955-), in 1981
RE: I Wonder.....
Anyone using Wifi should WEP their network, it;s a big loophole. I have mine, caught someone with a laptop in my garden the other day trying to warchalk, left this behind:
darkcompass.com
(W)
1mps
As it should be.
I also have a firewall with restricted ip access, so even if he did get through the 4 keys of encryption, he still would not get on as my stuff is all fixed ip, not dhcp.
802.11b?
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currently using Palm m125 and waiting for Garmin iQue.
LDS WiFi??
RE: LDS WiFi??
As I was saying, I noticed a strong signal as I passed a LDS temple... it didn't seem to be WEP'd...
I knew that essentially all of them had sattelite dishes so they could stay in contact with Salt Lake City, but it would be interesting if they all had WiFi hotspots too...
I'll see if I can investigate - maybe I'll swing by there at lunch time and see what's happening...
RE: LDS WiFi??
but...
it felt like I was stuck on a 9600baud modem! It could have been just a bad WiFi connection, but it was pretty painful...
On that note, anyone know of an app that will test the speed of a connection?
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