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Tepuis · 07-18-2002

For those of you who downloaded the demo with skepticism, I have only positive things to say about the time I've spent with Airmagnet on my iPaq.

At this point it's earned me 2 wireless security audits, cut down my site survey times by about 1/3 (S/N ratio on a per channel basis rocks -- mini-spectrum analyzer, if you will) and it quickly and soundly identifies potential performance and security issues.

Perhaps I missed it somewhere, but with the sniffing functionality, the only thing lacking is the ability to decode/display the actual datagram payload -- I think this to be an issue with packet reassembly and limited memory.

I carry a 1 Gig Microdrive in my (pregnant) dual PC-Card expansion slot, so I wish I had the ability to spool decode to disk instead of flash so I could actually investigate the datagram.

All in all, however, it's an excellent tool. Support for additional cards is coming (they shipped the Proxim with the software) but I've yet to get a pigtail for connection to the 5dBi omni (the Proxim has the provision for such a hookup, nicely.)

At any rate, the statistics are first rate, the navigation is easy once you've used it now and then, and it's very user friendly.

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Tep.

07-18-2002	#1 (permalink)
Tepuis Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 4	Airmagnet rocks! For those of you who downloaded the demo with skepticism, I have only positive things to say about the time I've spent with Airmagnet on my iPaq. At this point it's earned me 2 wireless security audits, cut down my site survey times by about 1/3 (S/N ratio on a per channel basis rocks -- mini-spectrum analyzer, if you will) and it quickly and soundly identifies potential performance and security issues. Perhaps I missed it somewhere, but with the sniffing functionality, the only thing lacking is the ability to decode/display the actual datagram payload -- I think this to be an issue with packet reassembly and limited memory. I carry a 1 Gig Microdrive in my (pregnant) dual PC-Card expansion slot, so I wish I had the ability to spool decode to disk instead of flash so I could actually investigate the datagram. All in all, however, it's an excellent tool. Support for additional cards is coming (they shipped the Proxim with the software) but I've yet to get a pigtail for connection to the 5dBi omni (the Proxim has the provision for such a hookup, nicely.) At any rate, the statistics are first rate, the navigation is easy once you've used it now and then, and it's very user friendly. </report off> Tep.