Open Wireless AP...find the owner?

[Duane Attaway]

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, admin at kclinux.net wrote:

> Only way I could tell you is that I've seen a wardriving car hooked up
> with some gadgets, and his laptop showed which direction the AP signal
> is coming from, and how strong it is.  Not exactly sure how it was done
> (lots of toys including a GPS, Windows XP laptop, antenna on the
> top/back window, was hooked up).

Kismet for linux has a signal strength pop up window which is handy with a
compact yagi antenna.  Higher gain yagis have an amazingly tight beam, yet
are still compact.  Swing the antenna around for a quick target, circle
the block and crosshair your target.

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