Wireless Bandit

Wardriving with a Pocket PC?

A laptop with a WiFi card and the right software makes a pretty good wardriving tool. But how about a more portable solution?

How about using a Pocket PC instead? They're small and make a great tool for wardriving. But the added benefit is that they're much more suited for warwalking. Imagine walking a dowtown street or a shopping mall looking for access points with a laptop. It's a little bit cumbersome and not very discreet. Use a Pocket PC instead. Just turn on the pocket PC, run the software and put it back into it's carry case. Then all you have to do is listen for the telltale beeps when it detects access points. Use a set of headphones if you want. Then you just look like a regular person walking around listening to his/her walkman.

160 Erskine Ave - N. of Eglinton on Mt Pleasant

Physical Landmark:160 Erskine
Major Intersection: Off Mt. Pleasant, East of Yonge, North of Eglinton
GPS Lat: 43.712500
GPS Lon: -79.392400

Network Name: TWCN-Cat5
WEP: No
Contributor: Mike Kirk
Comments: Full details are at Nodedb.com

Eglinton Ave East between Brentcliffe and Laird

Physical Landmark: Eglinton Ave East between Brentcliffe and Laird
Major Intersection: Eglinton and Brentcliffe
GPS Lat: 43.714600
GPS Lon: -79.359900

Network Name: Joe's Wireless
WEP: No
Contributor:Brian Gonsalves
Comments: Heading eastbound

Leslie and Denlow Blvd

Physical Landmark: Leslie and Denlow Blvd
Major Intersection: Leslie and Denlow Blvd
GPS Lat: 43.747000
GPS Lon: -79.359300

Network Name: default
WEP: No
Contributor:Brian Gonsalves
Comments: Driving south on Leslie Street from York Mills, picked up a strong unsecured hotspot with a default SSID near Denlow Blvd. Another secured Wifi hotspot with the SSID of 51 Tofino. 51 Tofino is a side street inside that area.

Royal Ontario Museum - Ming Tomb

Physical Landmark:100 Queen's Park, Royal Ontario Museum, Ming Tomb
Major Intersection: Bloor and Queen's Park Cres
GPS Lat: 43.668700
GPS Lon: -79.394000

Network Name: i-2-sky
WEP: No
Contributor: wb1@wirelessbandit.com
Comments: If one sits by the window in the Ming Tomb (which is on the main floor with the huge windows facing Bloor Street) you can pick up the signal. The tomb has huge concrete and marble arches, benches as well as a ledge to sit by the window. The Access Point is a Cisco SSID "i-2-sky" anyhow, the ROM is free after 4:30 so one can enjoy the culture whilst doing some work if they wish. I tried to access again from the McDonalds on the north side of Bloor across the street but the signal was too weak, perhaps due to the buildings structure. Anyhow, just thought I'd contribute.

What are these little green icons?

They're geoURLs. Got it? No?

Well there's this cool little system at www.geourl.org that allows you to submit website or website content tied to a physical geographical location on this planet of ours called, Earth.

With a simple latitude and longitude you can now tie your virtual bits and bytes to physical locations.

And since WB is all about where you can get an Internet connection in meatspace, I thought the 2 could work together. Now when you click on the green doohickey you get a view of the closest websites or web content to that location. I know sounds very strange cause website don't have locations, right?

Well, yes an no. The people (remember them?) that run the website or post the content have locations. And of course our hotspots in Toronto have locations too.

So there you go... A little experiment, we'll see what happens...

First test with Kung-Log

A very cool little app, Kung Log, that allows me to blog but without using a web browser. Written exclusively for OS X for people that like interfaces cleaner and faster than a webbrowser...

Burlington Conference Centre - Burloak Drive

Physical Landmark: Burlington Conference Centre
Major Intersection: Burloak Drive N of QEW
GPS Lat: 43.380800
GPS Lon: -79.737000
Network Name: linksys, MAC 00:90:4B:54:38:A3, Channel 6
WEP: No
Contributor: Jason Goldring
Comments: Web open, AP on 192.168.1.1, Admin password not at default. Appears to be on Burlington Hydro Fiberwired account.

Acton ON - Mason and McDonald

Physical Landmark: Mason and McDonald Blvd
Major Intersection: Mason and McDonald
GPS Lat: 43.638092
GPS Lon: -80.038268

Network Name: linksys, MAC 00:90:4B:60:41:03, Channel 1
WEP: No
Contributor: Jason Goldring
Comments: This system is either using an external antenna or located in a prime spot; Signal first picked up at the intersection of McDonald & Mason Blvd. Seemed strongest at the middle of Mason Blvd but I could not pinpoint a location. FAAASSSTTT internet! Appears to be a Sympatico account, likely Ultra or something. Access point open on default IP of 192.168.1.1 with the default password still in use.

King and John Parking Lot

Physical Landmark: Parking Lot near King & John TiCORP
Major Intersection: King and John
GPS Lat: 43.646700
GPS Lon: -79.389700

Network Name:
WEP: No
Contributor: wb1@wirelessbandit.com
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