My PoS wardriving setup

[EeeekPenguins]

Just got my stuff for wardriving and iam excited. Heres my PoS setup

ORiNOCO Gold
Garmin eTrex Legend
Compaq Presarion 1245 AMD K6/2
Netstumbler
Microsoft MapPoint
(various cables etc..)

Iam thinking the laptop will suck to much to work. What do you all think?

[converge]

That is a pretty basic setup, and _should run fine. All last year my primary stumbling box was a Presario 1240 233MMX/64mb. Is this a theoretical setup or something?? The best way to know is to actually.. I dunno, hop in the car and try it..? :)

[EeeekPenguins]

Originally posted by c0nv3r9
That is a pretty basic setup, and _should run fine. All last year my primary stumbling box was a Presario 1240 233MMX/64mb. Is this a theoretical setup or something?? The best way to know is to actually.. I dunno, hop in the car and try it..? :)

where you running netstumbler?

[blackwave]

Re: My PoS wardriving setup

Originally posted by EeeekPenguins
Iam thinking the laptop will suck to much to work. What do you all think?

sooo... you haven't tried it out yet?

[EeeekPenguins]

Originally posted by Blackwave
Soo...you havent tried it out yet?

Nope but its awful old, and Iam planning to get a new laptop anyways but figured I would try it with this one first.

[ck3k]

There is no pain in trying, just set it in the seat next to you, and crank up the volume, so you can hear the AP goodness around you.....:D

[converge]

Originally posted by EeeekPenguins
where you running netstumbler?

of course not... man cannot live by bread alone

[EeeekPenguins]

Originally posted by ck3k
There is no pain in trying, just set it in the seat next to you, and crank up the volume, so you can hear the AP goodness around you.....:D

I can only hope, Iam really dieing to make a map of the portland area, because I dont think anyones made one yet.

[converge]

Portland where?

[mfreeck]

Originally posted by EeeekPenguins
I can only hope, Iam really dieing to make a map of the portland area, because I dont think anyones made one yet.

Uhm, have you not seen these people yet? It may not be unintentionally open nodes, but Portland isn't exactly the virgin territory you imagine it to be. Assuming that you are in Portland, OR, and not one of the other six Portlands.

[Chris]

Yes...I think the only "virgin" territory I have found is Fairbanks Alaska. At the time I did it (last July) no one had before. Not sure if that is still the case though.

[ck3k]

Nor-Cal is still unmapped, even Sacramento hadnt been maped till I was there. If you looking to find some APs come to Nor-Cal.

[EeeekPenguins]

Originally posted by mfreeck
Uhm, have you not seen these people yet? It may not be unintentionally open nodes, but Portland isn't exactly the virgin territory you imagine it to be. Assuming that you are in Portland, OR, and not one of the other six Portlands.

Yeah Portland, OR and thanks for the reference. I might try wardriving the surrounding areas (e.g. Gresham, Troutdale) but I dont know how many AP's I will find, I'm not to optimistic.

[rusty]

POS LAPTOP - I Think NOT.

I'm using a p166 with kismet and it works fine. It's not the laptop, but the card and antenna that really make the difference.

The maps at http://crackrock.org were done in about 4 hours using a senao card, and a single directional antenna. Most of it during rush hour on my way to / from work.

Give it a shot, the orinoco is a decent card. You might be surprised at what you find.

Good Luck.

-Rusty

[EeeekPenguins]

Re: POS LAPTOP - I Think NOT.

Originally posted by conflict
I'm using a p166 with kismet and it works fine. It's not the laptop, but the card and antenna that really make the difference.

The maps at http://crackrock.org were done in about 4 hours using a senao card, and a single directional antenna. Most of it during rush hour on my way to / from work.

Give it a shot, the orinoco is a decent card. You might be surprised at what you find.

Good Luck.

-Rusty

Yea so by the looks of it everything is going to work out pretty good. I Picked up that 5dbi magnetic mounted antenna that BW suggested.