802.11b Network Discovery Tools 0.1

802.11b Network Discovery Tools is a gtk tool to scan for 802.11b networks using wavelan/aironet hardware and Linux wireless extensions. It includes the ability to log coordinates of found networks from a GPS device that is NMEA-compatible, and can be linked to a serial port. It currently logs the WAP MAC to a database, along with the frequency the AP uses and link quality info. aside from that, you can also connect a Garmin GPS receiver and snarf that data. Im just using GPS::Garmin, which currently doesnt support NMEA, and i didnt feel like writing another NMEA library, so maybe ill do that later. for now, youll have to have your GPS receiver sending data in GRMN/GRMN. To install the program, you should just have to run "make install" as root. Just run perlskan, or /usr/local/bin/perlskan *** AS ROOT *** ive included a small perl program called "catdb" thatll just print the contents of the database in very hard-to-read format. To examine the db further, you can either write a program to use the PSkan::DB module to examine the database (very simple, its just a Tie::Hash module). to iterate through the database, all you have to do is: tie(%foo, PSkan::DB); while(($key, $data) = each %foo) { ... } untie(%foo); it doesnt get much easier.. Get 802.11 Network Discovery Tools at SourceForge.net. Fast, secure and free downloads from the largest Open Source applications and software directory. 802.11 network tools - allow for detection of networks and services initially using wireless extensions for linux (openbsd porting simple?) and raw 802.11 frames. initial support is for the wavelan/orinoco card and plan support for aironet cards (onc

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Platforms:	Linux
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