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Old 06-27-2005   #37 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Maestro87
To be honest I have not tried to use this program yet, but I am in the process of looking for a program to find the source of a wireless network (exact position) I know that with most programs you are not able to find the position of the network signal, and so I am wondering if this system does in fact try to find the signal of merely plots where you encounter the signal at. This is not to be used maliciously, but rather as a means to notify people of unprotected networks. Also, if you know of another program that is useful for what I am trying to accomplish, a link of name would be great.
It DOES NOT map the location of the actual AP only the location of where it was detected.

And exactly how are you planning on notifying these people that their AP is unprotected, and how do you know they're not using some form of secondary protection that is not recongized by NS?
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