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We all like remaining connected. E-mail, web surfing, instant messaging, you name it. Keeping our Pocket PCs on the Net is productive and sometimes fun! We also know where we can get our Internet access. There are hotspots at many of the larger bookstores, coffeehouse chains, heck even McDonalds is rolling out some hotspots. But "paid for" Wi-Fi can get expensive and inconvenient - you have to drive or walk to the location in question, possibly pay the entry fee, then connect using their custom setups.
If you want to skip the expense and/or have an adventure by finding some "open" access points that allow you to connect for free (albeit illicitly), O'Reilly Network has an overview of Pocket PC tools and methods for seeking out these points of interest. "A simple way to find wireless networks is to perform a site survey with your wireless network card. Doing a site survey is simple using either Windows XP's built-in capabilities or an advanced tool such as NetStumbler or MiniStumbler for your Pocket PC.
Check out the utility software bundled with your wireless card. Very often it comes with applications that allow you to perform site surveys.
NetStumbler and MiniStumbler
NetStumbler is a popular free wireless network discovery tool (written by Marius Milner, a San Francisco Bay area software developer) that runs on Windows-based computers. You can use NetStumbler for site surveys and it is also a useful tool for detecting unauthorized (rogue) access points"
So will anyone here be wardriving this weekend?
O'Reilly Network present an interesting advert, I mean article about warchalking or was it their new book :? .
I actually got so far as sending my credit card details to a Canadian E-store for a Socket Wifi SD card, which after S&H and taxes would've cost me £89.04 ($219.26, Canadian dollars) a saving of about £5.00 (woohoo). But it got cancelled as they had ran out of stock .
I reckon I should just quit looking for a wifi card, until the new devices come out and purchase a device with WIFI built in. Maybe then I could give this chalksniffing malarky ago .
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yesterday i downloaded pocketwinc from handango. once it was installed on my ipaq h5555 i went for an 8 mile drive in my outter ring minneapolis suburb. on that short drive i found 24 wifi networks. other observations:
winner of the best wifi network name: dontusemyweb
the majority of the basestations were linksys (14)
the majority of the available stations were named: default
there was just one netgear station
there were 7 dlink basestations
yesterday i downloaded pocketwinc from handango. once it was installed on my ipaq h5555 i went for an 8 mile drive in my outter ring minneapolis suburb. on that short drive i found 24 wifi networks. other observations:
• winner of the best wifi network name: dontusemyweb
• the majority of the basestations were linksys (14)
• the majority of the available stations were named: default
• there was just one netgear station
• there were 7 dlink basestations
Interesting. I wonder...was "dontusemyweb" unlocked?
Lots of linksys routers..
no, dontusemyweb, was locked down.
yeah, i thought it was interesting that linksys was the dominant brand. wonder why? they push 'em hard at best buy and we're not too far from a bb location.
i use a dlink myself. how about everyone else?
yesterday i downloaded pocketwinc from handango. once it was installed on my ipaq h5555 i went for an 8 mile drive in my outter ring minneapolis suburb. on that short drive i found 24 wifi networks. other observations:
winner of the best wifi network name: dontusemyweb
the majority of the basestations were linksys (14)
the majority of the available stations were named: default
there was just one netgear station
there were 7 dlink basestations
I went from Hollister up to San Francisco in May, and my GPS sleeve was broken, so I thought it would be fun to run Pocket WiNc. I started it on 101 in Gilroy and kept it on through Silicon Valley all the way to San Francisco. I was amazed at the number of signals I picked up from the freeway.
I couldn't connect to any of them at 60+ MPH, but I got some interesting SSIDs. I deleted most of them, but saw a few intentionally public ones -- BARWIN-Public, citinet-public, OpenAP and sj-free-wifi. My favorite was something like Jenny's Grandma.
Steve
i use a linksys as well. i bought into the whole "speedbooster technology" thing. i live in nyc and i've been walking around with the config program running and am finding tons of wireless networks. i havent tried to get on any yet, but i may soon just for fun. maybe i will download this program and try it!
i use a linksys as well. i bought into the whole "speedbooster technology" thing. i live in nyc and i've been walking around with the config program running and am finding tons of wireless networks. i havent tried to get on any yet, but i may soon just for fun. maybe i will download this program and try it!
oh, you should donload pocketwinc. it's a gas.
i went out yesterday in south minneapolis and found so many open networks. i stopped counting at 76. i jumped on a few to check e-mail.
it's shocking to see how many people just leave the router name or 'default' as the ssid.
(woohoo). But it got cancelled as they had ran out of stock 
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