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Ok, so I blogged a while back in November of 2006 about being back in the wardriving game. Well, it turns out, that wasn’t entirely true. See, after I posted that entry on averageadmins.com, I never really did any wardriving. When I finally got ready to get back in the game and make some maps and what not using KisMAC and Google Earth, my MacBook’s built-in wireless NIC wasn’t 100% compatible with KisMAC. It seems that the 2nd generation of MacBooks changed their wireless chipsets and the new chipset isn’t 100% compatible with KisMAC. So, according to this document on the KisMAC developer WiKi, my best bet was to get a USB wireless NIC with a Prism2 chipset. So I did…
The bad thing about having to get this type of hardware is a) most of the devices with these chipsets are older wireless cards and kind of hard to locate, or b) the newer cards that are still manufactured with this chipset are pretty pricey. Well, I did a little eBaying and found a D-Link DWL-122 for around $60 with shipping and insurance. This was a great find as this device was still new in the box and the price wasn’t that bad considering I had to locate an affordable wireless card with a specific chipset. I placed my order on the 20th of this month and got it in yesterday… Guess what?! That’s right kids! I’ve already put it to use.
The following picture is a map of a wardrive I did yesterday afternoon when leaving work. This trip netted me 301 networks. I don’t currently have the statistics of secured and unsecured but I hope to be able to break that down soon.
Well, for some reason that trip just wasn’t good enough. Last night, Chris and I did a little wardriving until 2:00AM an undisclosed time this morning and found 465 networks. Again, I don’t have any statistics as of yet. A map of that trip is listed below.
When we were driving around last night/this morning, we saw a number of unique SSIDs. Some of them are even aimed at wardrivers. See the map below and see if you can see the network name/SSID that is aimed directly at wardrivers.
Until next time…
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March 27th, 2007 at 11:41 AM
I had a good time last night. I need to get my laptop in wardriving shape again. Maybe I’ll even bring my collection of cards and we can pick one of these WEP/WPA networks to crack (after we ask them if it’s OK first, of course).
I would love to see the look on the KeepDriving owner’s face when we change it to IDon’tWantToKeepDriving. Though, his network is WPA and thus, a little more tricky to crack.
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FromMarch 28th, 2007 at 1:42 PM
That’s awesome…I got a short demo of the whole Google Earth wardriving gig other night. More and more wireless networks are appearing each day it seems.
FromMarch 31st, 2007 at 9:54 PM
Yeah, they are, Troy. I did a little driving Friday between ATMs, work, and home and found 500+. Chris and I found 500+ last Wednesday.
Maps coming soon…
Jeff/Cocoa
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