[geeks] Wardriving: 12" PB

Kevin Lee kevin at 128.ca
Sat Oct 22 03:50:13 CDT 2005


no reliable usb adapter 802.11g anyway.

the Dlink 122 (b) adapter has naitive support.


On 22 Oct 2005, at 08:04, Micah R Ledbetter wrote:

> I love my 12" PB... but it is without a PC-card slot. This is
> unfortunate because the Airport Extreme uses a wireless chipset that
> has no passive mode support in the stock driver, and has not been
> opened up by Broadcom to have a new, passive-supporting driver  
> created.
>
> However, I was considering a USB wireless adapter, with good passive-
> mode support. Has anyone had experience with this, specifically under
> OS X? KisMAC is unlikely to support any USB2 .11g device due to lack
> of time on the part of the developer, so I'm worried that other
> applications may have similar limitations. kismet doesn't mention
> using OS X at all except with an Airport card, so I don't know if I
> should assume that everything works or nothing works.
>
> What hardware and software do you use for wardriving with a powerbook?
>
>   - Micah
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