Wardriving Secrets v1.0
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Need to get a few thousand APs fast to rank up tonight? Here is how...
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Apartment Homes. Apartment clusters are great sources for replenishing APs, every other month or so you can check back the same route and see who has moved out and who has moved in. Owners take their APs with them, or get new ones when they move and apartment units are in constant flux of people moving in and out. Databases such as WiGLE may show that an area has been swept over by a few wardrivers, but nothing is stating that these haven't changed over time. It is a risk of finding out you wasted your time with duplicate data, and a reward of having the upper hand.
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The Ghetto. A lot of wardrivers seem to think that ghettos in general are a waste of time to wardrive. I have found through experience that in fact it is the other way around. People that don't have a lot of money don't usually pay to lay wire in their homes or apartments, yet they want wireless. APs are cheap enough for anyone to buy and thus these lands are knee deep in APs. The tradeoff of finding these networks of gold is that you may end up getting carjacked or molested in one way or another. My word of advice is keep the doors locked and don't take your foot too far off the accelerator. If you are running low and don't know where to go because they've all been already logged try here.
Need to get more APs per wardrive adventure? Here is how...
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Get reliable hardware.The last thing you want to do is wait for your system to boot or recover from an unexpected reboot. Make sure you are powering your computers and gps units from the vehicle. Running off batteries is for the birds. In the end you end spending a lot more since eventually you will figure this out and end up paying for the converter bundles. Always try and get a DC/DC converter if you are using a laptop. Going from DC/AC/DC is a waste of energy and could put a strain on your vehicle or hardware. Chip up to some decent electronics if you plan on doing this a lot.
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Use reliable software. Use something you feel comfortable with. Many wardrivers try using one piece of software over another, oftentimes it is platform-based and wardrivers make the leap of faith using a system they don't understand. The best plan of action is to use something you do understand and eventually try and migrate over, otherwise you end up accidentally deleting your log files or realizing that not all the services you wanted started when they were supposed to and you just wasted 2 days learning this. The best idea is to learn as many of these that you can so you can compare and contrast and wisely choose what may benefit you. Learn how to automate your rig so that it requires almost no maintenance. Being interactive with a machine and waiting for things that you could have scripted in is a waste. You should be concentrating on the road not your machine or the software it is running.
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Follow these tips 'n' tricks to make your wardriving adventure worthwhile.
Israel Torres