Turning card into AP

gcarr · 01-21-2003

Does anyone have any information on turning a Belkin F5D6020 into an AP?

I've seen the documentation for Orinoco, but I have no similiar registry entries. I think my card is based on the Intersil chipset, I don't know whether that is Lucent compatible or not, but it works very well with net stumbler.

Any advice??

Madhadder · 01-21-2003

Can't say I have...

I belive you are SOOL on this one....

I see your in Davie... YeeeHawwwww Partner!!!!

The only City in FL where the McDonalds has place to tie
up your horse...

gcarr · 01-21-2003

Yeah...it's wide open spaces are nice, but I hear it's the vacation home of the KKK.

peekitty · 01-21-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Madhadder
I see your in Davie... YeeeHawwwww Partner!!!!

The only City in FL where the McDonalds has place to tie
up your horse...

A Davie moment: I was putting gas in my car (actually right across from the McDogshit's in question,) and a swamp buggy pulled up to the pump across from mine. On the passenger/deer-skinning deck was: a rottweiler, several obese children perched on plastic milkcrates, and one pregnant woman. The shirtless driver was proudly flying American and Confederate flags of course.
The funny/weird thing about Davie is that it's no longer out in the sticks, but the diehard country folks have chosen to make their last stand here among the rampant urbanization.

Back to wireless talk: Kismet finds a constant barrage of "junk packets" at the corner of Orange and Davie Rd. Extension, wireless cameras perhaps?

gcarr · 01-23-2003

Is there any way to detect junk packets in Net stumbler? Will kismet run under Win XP?

I was stumbling in downtown Fort Lauderdale... There are so many unsecure wireless lans there you could roam from net to net all day without losing internet access.

nashr · 01-23-2003

I have an Alvarion card (Orinoco rebrand) and would love to do the same. I want to make my laptop an AP to log drive-bys and stumblers. Where is this Orinoco doc you're talking about?

gcarr · 01-23-2003

Here is a link to a message that has a lot of info on turning your lucent based orinoco card into an AP without needing linux.

http://www.cawnet.org/pipermail/rfmo...er/001736.html

Madhadder · 02-01-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by nashr
I have an Alvarion card (Orinoco rebrand) and would love to do the same. I want to make my laptop an AP to log drive-bys and stumblers. Where is this Orinoco doc you're talking about?

Shouldn't need it if you are using NS.. They will show-up
as PEER's or ADHOC connections.

As for the garbage packets at Davie/Orange see if NS Gets a
signal. If it does open the Signal graph and go Hunting. You
never know you might get lucky... If it's cameras, there is a
watchman style TV thing that can scan/pickup Wireless Camera
Freq's for viewing.

CZroe · 02-02-2003

I've got the same card. I've only heard of doing this in Linux. I got it working as an access point using Sputnik's bootable CD but it couldn't configure my Internet connection correctly.

Not that it's impossible to do in Windows:
Compaq and ZoomAir sell access point software for their Intersil Prism-based cards, but I think they only work with the correct firmware.

lincomatic · 02-02-2003

if you don't mind using adhoc mode, Windows' Internet Connection Sharing facility works nicely. i posted a detailed description of how to do it here in the past, but the thread got deleted somehow (argh!). anyway, just use ICS to share the wireless connection, and you have an instant software AP.

CZroe · 02-02-2003

Actually, my ISP is misconfigured and I can lease multiple IP addresses. Therefore, all I SHOULD have to do it select my network card and my WLAN card and choose "bridge" in XP Pro but for some reason the connection craps out every few minutes when I do that. I've been using ICS for that purpose, but NAT really screws with my applications (Filesharing, file transfers and games

). I guess I should stop being so cheap and just get an access point but...nah.

Spammy · 02-03-2003

The afore mentioned ZoomAir software is based upon a rebadged PC2AP Intersil Prism Driver.

It worked well for me for a while... but became a real pain once i formatted (IRQ errors etc). The last software update was early 2000, so don't expect much.

Regards

Sam

CZroe · 02-03-2003

Where can I find this software? I'v checked Intersil's site but they only provide AP software and firmware for linux. Compaq and Zoom's installer files require a software key from a diskette.

Any idea if they will work through a PCI adapter?

Spammy · 02-03-2003

You might be able to find such keys on the internet somewhere I suppose, but I doubt the software would work with non-Compaq/Zoom cards anyway.

Sam

CZroe · 02-03-2003

Well, where can I find the non-rebadged software?

01-21-2003	#1 (permalink)
gcarr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 4	Turning card into AP Does anyone have any information on turning a Belkin F5D6020 into an AP? I've seen the documentation for Orinoco, but I have no similiar registry entries. I think my card is based on the Intersil chipset, I don't know whether that is Lucent compatible or not, but it works very well with net stumbler. Any advice??

01-21-2003	#3 (permalink)
gcarr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 4	Davie Yeah...it's wide open spaces are nice, but I hear it's the vacation home of the KKK.

01-23-2003	#5 (permalink)
gcarr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 4	Junk packets? Is there any way to detect junk packets in Net stumbler? Will kismet run under Win XP? I was stumbling in downtown Fort Lauderdale... There are so many unsecure wireless lans there you could roam from net to net all day without losing internet access.

01-23-2003	#6 (permalink)
nashr Uber Geek Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,624	Great question I have an Alvarion card (Orinoco rebrand) and would love to do the same. I want to make my laptop an AP to log drive-bys and stumblers. Where is this Orinoco doc you're talking about? __________________ Help! I've been Simpsonized!

01-23-2003	#7 (permalink)
gcarr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Davie, Florida Posts: 4	Orinoco Docs Here is a link to a message that has a lot of info on turning your lucent based orinoco card into an AP without needing linux. http://www.cawnet.org/pipermail/rfmo...er/001736.html

01-21-2003	#2 (permalink)
Madhadder General "Noob Basher" Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 1,620	Can't say I have... I belive you are SOOL on this one.... I see your in Davie... YeeeHawwwww Partner!!!! The only City in FL where the McDonalds has place to tie up your horse...

02-02-2003	#9 (permalink)
CZroe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38	I've got the same card. I've only heard of doing this in Linux. I got it working as an access point using Sputnik's bootable CD but it couldn't configure my Internet connection correctly. Not that it's impossible to do in Windows: Compaq and ZoomAir sell access point software for their Intersil Prism-based cards, but I think they only work with the correct firmware.

02-02-2003	#10 (permalink)
lincomatic Squaaawk! WiFi! WiFi! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Tinsel Town Posts: 1,682	if you don't mind using adhoc mode, Windows' Internet Connection Sharing facility works nicely. i posted a detailed description of how to do it here in the past, but the thread got deleted somehow (argh!). anyway, just use ICS to share the wireless connection, and you have an instant software AP. __________________ ~lincomatic

02-02-2003	#11 (permalink)
CZroe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38	Actually, my ISP is misconfigured and I can lease multiple IP addresses. Therefore, all I SHOULD have to do it select my network card and my WLAN card and choose "bridge" in XP Pro but for some reason the connection craps out every few minutes when I do that. I've been using ICS for that purpose, but NAT really screws with my applications (Filesharing, file transfers and games ). I guess I should stop being so cheap and just get an access point but...nah.

02-03-2003	#12 (permalink)
Spammy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 78	The afore mentioned ZoomAir software is based upon a rebadged PC2AP Intersil Prism Driver. It worked well for me for a while... but became a real pain once i formatted (IRQ errors etc). The last software update was early 2000, so don't expect much. Regards Sam

02-03-2003	#13 (permalink)
CZroe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38	Where can I find this software? I'v checked Intersil's site but they only provide AP software and firmware for linux. Compaq and Zoom's installer files require a software key from a diskette. Any idea if they will work through a PCI adapter?

02-03-2003	#14 (permalink)
Spammy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bournemouth, UK Posts: 78	You might be able to find such keys on the internet somewhere I suppose, but I doubt the software would work with non-Compaq/Zoom cards anyway. Sam

02-03-2003	#15 (permalink)
CZroe Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 38	Well, where can I find the non-rebadged software?

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