Saturday, February 1, 2003
iDetect's Wi-Fi Sniffer
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 03:53 PM
"Wi-Fi Sniffer, WFS-1, detects Wi-Fi availability by the press of a button. No longer do you have to boot up your laptop or walk around with your laptop turned on, hence reducing the risk of hard drive crashes. Pressing the button on the Wi-Fi Sniffer will tell you whether access is available."
Not sure if this is real or not, but if it is, it might be a cool administrative (and wardriving) tool. The real problem is how such a device is supposed to tell which wireless network it's picking up. I was configuring a wireless client the other day in an office building, and before I plugged in the real SSID and WEP key for a secured base station, it picked up one from the floor below or above - and the signal was strong. :)
Not sure if this is real or not, but if it is, it might be a cool administrative (and wardriving) tool. The real problem is how such a device is supposed to tell which wireless network it's picking up. I was configuring a wireless client the other day in an office building, and before I plugged in the real SSID and WEP key for a secured base station, it picked up one from the floor below or above - and the signal was strong. :)
