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Highest Number of Simultaneous Active AP's

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 5:56 am
by Wombat
Though it is a bit tricky to drive and notice details on my screen at the same time, I stopped at a light in Orange County, CA recently (Bake & Trabuco if you MUST know) and had 16 AP's active at the same time.

For me, that is an all time best score.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 6:38 am
by kleptophobiac
however many fills two full screens at 1600x1200 resolution on kismet.

this was in the San Francisco financial district... man I had a lot of AP's added to my tally over there.

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:42 am
by cfdisk
Orlando, FL sucks. Downtown the most I ever got a signal for in one shot was 4. bah

10 at once

PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 7:49 am
by dudeyougotadell
Downtown North Attleboro, MA near the residential side (Broadway), 10 AP's all green/good signal.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2003 10:52 pm
by Mirlyn
Had 12 once....thats about it for the record here.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 11:22 am
by renderman
I've had 14 on one corner of downtown Edmonton. Does'nt seem impressive until you realize that it's a city of only 800,000.

I've had more hits in a short amount of time, but that's the highest at a standstill

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 1:53 pm
by Madhadder
23...Holiday Inn, Munich Germany

PostPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 7:20 pm
by jgb1503
29 found while on the 39th floor of the Hilton in downtown NYC. (only 1 had wep)

max out at 16

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:24 pm
by SlopeSurfer
Is this forum even alive?

I wanted to verify that people have seen more than 16 active APs at the same time. I believe I have more than 16 active APs in my location but I can only see 16 at a time.

I will see 16 active APs, then turn on my AP, and some one else will drop off so that there are only 16 active at a time. I will turn mine off and another will come active at the same time. I will walk out on my porch and a few will become inactive and a few will become active all while maintaining a consistant 16 active APs.

Is this known? I didn't see it in the FAQ. Or am I hallucinating?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:38 pm
by Mr.White
What card are you using?

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:03 pm
by SlopeSurfer
Netgear WG511 on my XP Dell.

I know I am limited to 16 active APs after a short walk I just made. I found 60 APs in 10 minutes walking within 1000 square feet and never had more than 16 active at a time.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:33 pm
by kleptophobiac
Kismet doesn't have this problem. I estimate I had about 70 active in SF.

While driving through ATL I had about 40 active at once, though I never left I-75.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:44 pm
by renderman
Fired up Kismet in the backseat (I was'nt driving) while stopped at a light and as soon as Kismet initialized I had 43 AP's all hit at once. New record for myself. Shocked the hell outta me.

PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:45 pm
by Thorn
SlopeSurfer wrote:Netgear WG511 on my XP Dell.

I know I am limited to 16 active APs after a short walk I just made. I found 60 APs in 10 minutes walking within 1000 square feet and never had more than 16 active at a time.

Yet another reason not to use an unsupported card. Other people have had much higher count with supported cards.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2004 9:57 am
by SlopeSurfer
Thorn wrote:Yet another reason not to use an unsupported card. Other people have had much higher count with supported cards.


Thanks, I just wanted to verify it wasn't NS.

Unfortunatly I came across NS after I bought my card. But this site has got me interested so I may spend some money.