dstumbler and FreeBSD

04-06-2002

It seems that the dstumbler under FreeBSD seems to not find all AP's. Anyone have any idea on how to "fix" this?
I'm using a Compaq WL110 card. I have tested this against netstumbler, and that detects them, but when I change to dstumbler, it can't find them. If there is 10 AP's in the area, dstumbler will only find about 4 or 5.

Is this dstumbler, the wi device or just a configuration?

04-09-2002

I have NS in WinXP with Orinoco gold card and dstumbler on FreeBSD 4.5 using either an SMC or the Orinoco card and I havent seen any discrepancies in what one picks up over another.

Mike

h1kari · 04-17-2002

dstumbler uses the same scanning interface with the card as netstumbler so it should be picking up the same things that netstumbler does. One thing that might be causing dstumbler to not pick up all of the aps is that the scan interval might be set to be too fast so it's overloading the card (and thus you are missing some aps). Try tweaking config.h to a slower interval and see if it helps.

-h1kari

Mike Stammer · 04-18-2002

Nice to see you here h1kari! Airtools rocks! =)

Mike

r3d · 05-06-2002

Agreed, bsd airtools rock. Any word on a freebsd 4.5 compatable release/patch?

04-06-2002	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	dstumbler and FreeBSD It seems that the dstumbler under FreeBSD seems to not find all AP's. Anyone have any idea on how to "fix" this? I'm using a Compaq WL110 card. I have tested this against netstumbler, and that detects them, but when I change to dstumbler, it can't find them. If there is 10 AP's in the area, dstumbler will only find about 4 or 5. Is this dstumbler, the wi device or just a configuration?

04-09-2002	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Works OK for me I have NS in WinXP with Orinoco gold card and dstumbler on FreeBSD 4.5 using either an SMC or the Orinoco card and I havent seen any discrepancies in what one picks up over another. Mike

04-17-2002	#3 (permalink)
h1kari Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2	dstumbler uses the same scanning interface with the card as netstumbler so it should be picking up the same things that netstumbler does. One thing that might be causing dstumbler to not pick up all of the aps is that the scan interval might be set to be too fast so it's overloading the card (and thus you are missing some aps). Try tweaking config.h to a slower interval and see if it helps. -h1kari __________________ David Hulton <h1kari@dachb0den.com> Senior Researcher, Dachb0den Labs http://www.dachb0den.com Last edited by h1kari : 04-17-2002 at 06:57 PM.

04-18-2002	#4 (permalink)
Mike Stammer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chicago! Posts: 10	Woo! Nice to see you here h1kari! Airtools rocks! =) Mike

05-06-2002	#5 (permalink)
r3d Registered Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Maine Posts: 3	airtools Agreed, bsd airtools rock. Any word on a freebsd 4.5 compatable release/patch?

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