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                            Not quite war driving

[IBM ThinkPad Logo] [1] (IBM ThinkPad) [2] On Friday, through the generousity
of a friend I was able to obtain an IBM ThinkPad laptop (IBM ThinkPad) [3]
that is, sadly, more powerful than my main desktop system (more RAM (Random
Access Memory), better CPU (Central Processing Unit)). I've spent the past
two days compiling and installing software (of course it's a Linux box) which
includes software to monitor wireless network activity.

Using Kismet [4] to scan for WAP (Wireless Access Point)s (which seems to be
very good software as it can also monitor a GPS (Global Positioning System)
to record the location of each WAP) I then took the laptop for a test by
walking through the parking lot.

From previous experience [5] I knew there were at least two other WAPs
(excluding ours) in the imediate area but little did I expect five other WAPs
just in the area around the parking lot here in the Facility in the Middle of
Nowhere (near the number of access points we found by driving [6]). I'm also
amazed at the distance the signal can travel—I picked up our WAP halfway
across the parking lot (a couple of buildings down), along with our neighbors
(one of the two I originally picked up).

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/02/ibm.logo.jpg
[2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/02/laptop.jpg
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2003/02/02/laptop.jpg
[4] http://www.kismetwireless.net/
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/09/26.1
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2003/01/20.1

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