can anything be done with this?

dubltap · 01-23-2003

A friend of mine got his hands on a netgear USB wireless adapter that has an antenna already attached. I'm not a circuitry kinda guy but would it be beneficial to open the existing antenna and attach a ... something else to it? I'm thinking that it would be good to plug that into my laptop's USB and try that for wardriving. Possibilities anyone?

Here's the link to the netgear site

http://www.netgear.com/products/prod...ID=105&view=hm

Osurac · 01-29-2003

This device is not likely to work with netstumbler. I would be surprised to see any card that attaches to your PC with a USB connection work.

The only way to tell will be to set the thing up on your PC, and try netstumbler with it. If stumbler lets you select the USB thing as a valid device, then you're good to go.

I also would have concerns about the signal quality with that. If netstumbler does work with it, you'll be limited to whatever signal it pulls in on its own, it won't accept any other antenna.

So, I guess what I'm saying is, it will do fine for your own wireless LAN, but it's not likely to work well for wardriving.

Madhadder · 01-29-2003

USB Attached devices (Forgot which ones) can be used
with NS. This is how many people can run Kismet/Linux
& Win2k at the same time on the same PC... (Using Vmware)

BraveSpear · 03-05-2003

I use a Linksys WUSB11 v2.6 802.11b USB adapter and I'm able to use Netstumbler with it. Not great range, but it does work.

01-23-2003	#1 (permalink)
dubltap WiFi geek wannabe Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 20	can anything be done with this? A friend of mine got his hands on a netgear USB wireless adapter that has an antenna already attached. I'm not a circuitry kinda guy but would it be beneficial to open the existing antenna and attach a ... something else to it? I'm thinking that it would be good to plug that into my laptop's USB and try that for wardriving. Possibilities anyone? Here's the link to the netgear site http://www.netgear.com/products/prod...ID=105&view=hm

03-05-2003	#4 (permalink)
BraveSpear Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 103	USB does work I use a Linksys WUSB11 v2.6 802.11b USB adapter and I'm able to use Netstumbler with it. Not great range, but it does work.

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01-29-2003	#2 (permalink)
Osurac Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7	This device is not likely to work with netstumbler. I would be surprised to see any card that attaches to your PC with a USB connection work. The only way to tell will be to set the thing up on your PC, and try netstumbler with it. If stumbler lets you select the USB thing as a valid device, then you're good to go. I also would have concerns about the signal quality with that. If netstumbler does work with it, you'll be limited to whatever signal it pulls in on its own, it won't accept any other antenna. So, I guess what I'm saying is, it will do fine for your own wireless LAN, but it's not likely to work well for wardriving.

01-29-2003	#3 (permalink)
Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	USB Attached devices (Forgot which ones) can be used with NS. This is how many people can run Kismet/Linux & Win2k at the same time on the same PC... (Using Vmware)