Many tech savvy individuals are beginning to adopt the hobby of "wardriving", the fine art of finding and marking the locations and status of wireless networks.If you ever need to find a wi-fi network quickly and easily, this can be useful.
Step 1: The things you'll need section has equipment listed.
Step 2: The necessary software should be obtained.
Kismet for Linux is a wireless geographic logging engine software.
Step 3: You should learn the software.
You can find guides from the links listed.
Step 4: Set up in the car.
A pigtail is attached to an external wireless card in the diagram.There is an antenna on the roof of the car.The device is connected to a serial port.
Step 5: While driving through an area with various wireless access points, open the software mentioned earlier (Netstumbler, Kismac, or Kismet).
The passenger should note where they were able to find signals as the driver goes along.
Step 6: For more detail, upgrade to the gps device.
All points that are found to be in the same location can be mapped automatically.The coordinates can be shared with the wardriving community.You can get a gps device and Netstumbler and wigle software.
Step 7: You can register with them on their website.
You will be able to download map packs after doing that.You need to see the plotted access points on a map.You will have made a log file containing the coordinates of the access points after wardriving for a period of time.You can plot the points onto a map by uploading the log file.If you want to see these points on a map, download the map pack.
Step 8: Walk around town and find access points if you hop in a car.