Brand new stumbler and his setup

sauerc · 07-26-2002

Hi all,

well after weeks of lurking and reading and FAQing I felt I had enough basic knowledge to give 'stumbling a go.

I purchased the "stumbler special" from FAB-CORP (who hasn't ?!?!) along with a orinoco gold. I breathed life into a "retired" laptop from work and made it dual boot Win98 and Debian 3.0 (I wanted NT 4.0 server and FreeBSD....but such is life I couldn't get it going........yet).

On the Win98 side I really only configured a basic system and added NetStumbler and ethereal. On the Debian side I configured kismet, wellenreiter, and ethereal (I duplicated the ethereal install since only the linux version can grab 802.11b frames directly and the windows one would only see the TCP/IP traffic).

So far I've only done 1 drive with the laptop from work to home (the setup was mainly built at work!) and I didn't use the external antenna but I got a total of 11 APs and only 2 had WEP.

Also wanted to give a big 'THANKS' to all the members that spend entirely too much time here answering questions. I learned alot from you guys, even though it wasn't my question to begin with....and you're enthusiasm for the hobby is addictive!

-Christian

Kaber · 07-27-2002

I am glad you were kind enough to grace us with your thanks. I would suggest that everyone on this board involve themselves in some form of wireless users group and keep the community active. Wireless networking could be a great alternative to DSL/CABLE and it can be locally/community owned.

Just a suggestion.

sykojester · 07-27-2002

sauerc,

Thank you!!!

You seem to be one of the competent newbies...you shouldn't even be considered a newbie or grouped in the same category as the rest of some of these wacko's.

The thanks goes out to you for actually READING the board and looking for any questions that you may have needed answered before duping all the other inane questioned that have been asked 4 billion times.

Everyone that I personally know researches a hobby or anything before trying it esp. if your gonna lay down some $$$.

Kudo's to you...if only more were like you.

Thanks

*edit due to its late and I can't spell

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07-26-2002	#1 (permalink)
sauerc Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: SW Connecticut Posts: 16	Brand new stumbler and his setup Hi all, well after weeks of lurking and reading and FAQing I felt I had enough basic knowledge to give 'stumbling a go. I purchased the "stumbler special" from FAB-CORP (who hasn't ?!?!) along with a orinoco gold. I breathed life into a "retired" laptop from work and made it dual boot Win98 and Debian 3.0 (I wanted NT 4.0 server and FreeBSD....but such is life I couldn't get it going........yet). On the Win98 side I really only configured a basic system and added NetStumbler and ethereal. On the Debian side I configured kismet, wellenreiter, and ethereal (I duplicated the ethereal install since only the linux version can grab 802.11b frames directly and the windows one would only see the TCP/IP traffic). So far I've only done 1 drive with the laptop from work to home (the setup was mainly built at work!) and I didn't use the external antenna but I got a total of 11 APs and only 2 had WEP. Also wanted to give a big 'THANKS' to all the members that spend entirely too much time here answering questions. I learned alot from you guys, even though it wasn't my question to begin with....and you're enthusiasm for the hobby is addictive! -Christian

07-27-2002	#2 (permalink)
Kaber West Side WarDriver Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 193	Welcome I am glad you were kind enough to grace us with your thanks. I would suggest that everyone on this board involve themselves in some form of wireless users group and keep the community active. Wireless networking could be a great alternative to DSL/CABLE and it can be locally/community owned. Just a suggestion. __________________ --"Its my job, to freeze you."

07-27-2002	#3 (permalink)
sykojester Net Lurker - phjear Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 371	sauerc, Thank you!!! You seem to be one of the competent newbies...you shouldn't even be considered a newbie or grouped in the same category as the rest of some of these wacko's. The thanks goes out to you for actually READING the board and looking for any questions that you may have needed answered before duping all the other inane questioned that have been asked 4 billion times. Everyone that I personally know researches a hobby or anything before trying it esp. if your gonna lay down some $$$. Kudo's to you...if only more were like you. Thanks edit due to its late and I can't spell __________________ I was at this place one time & I was like...Wow.

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