Re: [GLLUG] NM-Applet vs. Wifi-Radar?

[Benjamin Cathey]

I know - I need to move the wireless router out of the corner of the house - run cable under the house and come back up in the livingroom (a more central location)  Then I can just put a switch in my home office.


Benjamin Cathey
System Administrator
Cathey Company
4917 Tranter St.
Lansing, MI 48910 USA
Phone:     517.393.4720
Fax:       517.393.4225
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----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Houser
[mailto:rick at divinesymphony.net]
To: Benjamin Cathey
[mailto:benjamincathey at catheycompany.com], linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Sent: Fri,
05 Oct 2007 00:42:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] NM-Applet vs. Wifi-Radar?


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>->> Benjamin Cathey wrote:
>->> > It APPEARS that NOTHING allows you to actually scan and visually see
>->> available networks (as in the IBM app for windows where I can actually see
>->> my SSID twice, one with a higher signal strength.)
>->> 
>->> Kismet can see everything transmitted.  It might be overkill for what
>->> you are looking for, but Kismet is the snooping tool of choice.
>->> 
>->> > And to answer the question of can't I just run cat5 - well then what's
>->> the point of wireless to begin with right?
>->> 
>->> No, the point of wireless is typically to allow wireless communication
>->> between your endpoints and your backbone, not to replace the wired
>->> backbone itself.  Ideally, the area you have your extender would
>->> typically just contain another AP with the same SSID.
>->> 
>->> I asked about running CAT5 to a location near where you have your
>->> extender, not to the clients themselves.  Short of some really strange
>->> cases (like WAN links), pretty much any well-designed network you look
>->> at will use wired or optical connections for all the backbone and most
>->> of the desktop connections.
>->> 
>->> 
>->> > Thanks,
>->> > 
>->> > Benjamin Cathey
>->> > System Administrator
>->> > Cathey Company
>->> > 4917 Tranter St.
>->> > Lansing, MI 48910 USA
>->> > Phone:     517.393.4720
>->> > Fax:       517.393.4225
>->> > Toll Free: 800.333.1972
>->> > "Service is Our Profession"
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