Michigan

09-21-2001

Anyone interested in investigating the various wireless networks i've discovered in the southfield/detroit/dearborn area, drop me a line at incubliss33@hotmail.com

10-12-2001

Hay, I'm in the downriver area and just started to stumble. Havn't been out anywhere in the city yet.

Let me know if anyone finds anything.

10-17-2001

im in southfield
hit me up
xclusive069@hotmail.com

11-01-2001

Anyone out there looking around ?

Maybe WMU in Kalamazoo ?

11-28-2001

WMU has a HUGE wireless network, running Cisco equipment. I dont have a laptop but I am interested in getting a PC card that does wireless so I can play around from my dorm when I get there. Any ideas??

anonymous

12-05-2001

Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti is pretty active as well.

12-08-2001

I am in the Niles area. I have been doing some stumbline around Notre Dame in South Bend and found a couple. I just started doing this today, and plan on doing more. Next time I am up in Kalamazoo I will have to check out WMU.

12-09-2001

Small industrial and office parks are great. With a stock card and no external antenna, we picked up dozens of APs in a few-hour cruise around the area.

Big Beaver and Maple road, through Birmingham and Troy are goldmines. Northwestern Highway and Southfield were disappointingly thin, I think that's because most of the buildings sit farther from the road. If one of you folks has a directional antenna, poke around the Southfield Town Center area.

Oakland University has a handful of APs with the same SSID, but we had to be on campus to see them, they're not visible from the road with an unaugmented antenna.

Upscale residential areas are worth a cruise too. Rich kids with cable modems and insecure APs are fair game.

12-13-2001

A few hours last night on a borrowed GPS unit, and there's now a large blue splotch on the map northeast of Ann Arbor.

01-22-2002

Battle creek: Thick with open systems, plus what appears to be a FedGov systems...

SE Grand Rapids: (Patterson St) 3 or 4 systems only 2 seem open

Downtown GR: 12 SSID's found, 20+ APs

Anyone wanting to hook up and to a group drive, lemme know.

SOT

01-25-2002

Have been poking around the Detroit and Southfield areas. I have a Yagi (built it) and a Parabolic Grid from hyperlink. Just finished both and I am looking forward to "testing" them on point to point and "audit scans" in the area. Also have a DC converter for extended initiatives.

Drop a line with your hot spots. I will be uploading a list soon.

Vurticle

01-25-2002

Don't forget about the Rubi-Con in Detroit in April:

http://www.rubi-con.org

There are several presentations on wireless.

01-26-2002

You mean people actually KNOW about Rubicon this time? Nifty. There's a wireless-enabled Starbuck's a few hundred feet from the hotel. (At least according to my mapping software, I haven't physically visited the site yet. Maybe tomorrow.)

Anyone in the area wanna get a temp job at Starbuck's during the con?

01-26-2002

Can you find my LAN?

Somewhere in southeast Michigan, I've set up an 802.11b device for you to find. The SSID is my phone number. Find it. Call me. I'll buy you dinner.

The device DOES show up in Netstumbler, no sneaky stealth APs or anything.

First hint: You'll need a good antenna, the signal isn't visible from main roads without one.

01-26-2002

Oh yeah:

I'll post another hint every few days. If nobody wins in a reasonable amount of time, I may move the device to a better location or add an antenna.

Print out the first posting and keep it with you. It may help if someone asks what that geeky stuff in your car is.

I'd love to see more people set up challenges like this. If more appear in the area, I'll see if I can find yours before you find mine.

Could this be integrated with geocaching somehow? Maybe for the next challenge, the SSID indicates lat/long of a prize?

09-21-2001	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Michigan Anyone interested in investigating the various wireless networks i've discovered in the southfield/detroit/dearborn area, drop me a line at incubliss33@hotmail.com

11-01-2001	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	West Michigan Anyone out there looking around ? Maybe WMU in Kalamazoo ?

11-28-2001	#5 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	I will be going to WMU soon WMU has a HUGE wireless network, running Cisco equipment. I dont have a laptop but I am interested in getting a PC card that does wireless so I can play around from my dorm when I get there. Any ideas?? anonymous

12-09-2001	#8 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Detroit area Small industrial and office parks are great. With a stock card and no external antenna, we picked up dozens of APs in a few-hour cruise around the area. Big Beaver and Maple road, through Birmingham and Troy are goldmines. Northwestern Highway and Southfield were disappointingly thin, I think that's because most of the buildings sit farther from the road. If one of you folks has a directional antenna, poke around the Southfield Town Center area. Oakland University has a handful of APs with the same SSID, but we had to be on campus to see them, they're not visible from the road with an unaugmented antenna. Upscale residential areas are worth a cruise too. Rich kids with cable modems and insecure APs are fair game.

12-13-2001	#9 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	New points on map. :) A few hours last night on a borrowed GPS unit, and there's now a large blue splotch on the map northeast of Ann Arbor.

10-12-2001	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Hay, I'm in the downriver area and just started to stumble. Havn't been out anywhere in the city yet. Let me know if anyone finds anything.

10-17-2001	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	im in southfield hit me up xclusive069@hotmail.com

12-05-2001	#6 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti is pretty active as well.

12-08-2001	#7 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	I am in the Niles area. I have been doing some stumbline around Notre Dame in South Bend and found a couple. I just started doing this today, and plan on doing more. Next time I am up in Kalamazoo I will have to check out WMU.

01-22-2002	#10 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	West Michigan Battle creek: Thick with open systems, plus what appears to be a FedGov systems... SE Grand Rapids: (Patterson St) 3 or 4 systems only 2 seem open Downtown GR: 12 SSID's found, 20+ APs Anyone wanting to hook up and to a group drive, lemme know. SOT

01-25-2002	#11 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Detroit and Suburbs Have been poking around the Detroit and Southfield areas. I have a Yagi (built it) and a Parabolic Grid from hyperlink. Just finished both and I am looking forward to "testing" them on point to point and "audit scans" in the area. Also have a DC converter for extended initiatives. Drop a line with your hot spots. I will be uploading a list soon. Vurticle

01-25-2002	#12 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Rubi-Con Don't forget about the Rubi-Con in Detroit in April: http://www.rubi-con.org There are several presentations on wireless.

01-26-2002	#13 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Rubi con, whoah.. You mean people actually KNOW about Rubicon this time? Nifty. There's a wireless-enabled Starbuck's a few hundred feet from the hotel. (At least according to my mapping software, I haven't physically visited the site yet. Maybe tomorrow.) Anyone in the area wanna get a temp job at Starbuck's during the con?

01-26-2002	#14 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	a Michigan challenge Can you find my LAN? Somewhere in southeast Michigan, I've set up an 802.11b device for you to find. The SSID is my phone number. Find it. Call me. I'll buy you dinner. The device DOES show up in Netstumbler, no sneaky stealth APs or anything. First hint: You'll need a good antenna, the signal isn't visible from main roads without one.

01-26-2002	#15 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	more on the challenge Oh yeah: I'll post another hint every few days. If nobody wins in a reasonable amount of time, I may move the device to a better location or add an antenna. Print out the first posting and keep it with you. It may help if someone asks what that geeky stuff in your car is. I'd love to see more people set up challenges like this. If more appear in the area, I'll see if I can find yours before you find mine. Could this be integrated with geocaching somehow? Maybe for the next challenge, the SSID indicates lat/long of a prize?

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