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From: John on 26 Feb 2006 16:52
Installed the software w no problems, can someone tell me what this
program is used for and how to use it(I see other networks other than
my own, how do I use it or connect to them. The forum for netstumbler
is confusing and hard to use.
Perhaps Jeff can advise me how to use and configure this tool--
Thank you.
John

From: kevin weaver on 26 Feb 2006 19:20
"John" <secureemail2002(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1140990763.470108.76860(a)t39g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> Installed the software w no problems, can someone tell me what this
> program is used for and how to use it(I see other networks other than
> my own, how do I use it or connect to them. The forum for netstumbler
> is confusing and hard to use.
> Perhaps Jeff can advise me how to use and configure this tool--
> Thank you.
> John
>

You Install software with not knowing what It's used for ?

You want to steel a wireless signal by mooching off someone's 802.11* ? If
that's the case, Your in the wrong newsgroup.
If you have your own wireless network as you say, Why would you want or need
to get on some other persons signal ?


From: Jerry Park on 26 Feb 2006 19:48
John wrote:
> Installed the software w no problems, can someone tell me what this
> program is used for and how to use it(I see other networks other than
> my own, how do I use it or connect to them. The forum for netstumbler
> is confusing and hard to use.
> Perhaps Jeff can advise me how to use and configure this tool--
> Thank you.
> John
>
NetStumbler just does a site survey, listing access points in range,
their ID, the type of network, the channel, and also signal quality data.

Useful for setting your AP to an unused channel.
From: aualloy on 26 Feb 2006 21:06
John is right. Does you mother know that you are using her machine?

From: Jeff Liebermann on 26 Feb 2006 21:29
"John" <secureemail2002(a)yahoo.com> hath wroth:

>Installed the software w no problems, can someone tell me what this
>program is used for and how to use it(I see other networks other than
>my own, how do I use it or connect to them. The forum for netstumbler
>is confusing and hard to use.

No, it's not. It's the same Jelsoft forum software used by many other
weblogs and forums. I suggest you go back to the Netstumbler forum
and do some reading. It's amazing what you'll learn from the FAQ,
installation instructions, help files, user comments, bugs (oh well),
and what the search tools find. Speaking of Google, I incribed "how
to use netstumbler" and came up with:

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2004/05/27/wirelessonPocketPC.html
I like the pretty pictures which show what you should see after you
read the help files.

>Perhaps Jeff can advise me how to use and configure this tool--

Nope. I can't, but not for the obvious reason.

Since you dropped my name, you probably have read some of my postings.
99.9% of them include a rant about supplying what you have to work
with. What version of Netstumbler did you install. What laptop or
PDA did you install it upon? What exact operating system are you
running? What wireless card are you using? The other part of my all
too common rants is the fundamental question "What are you trying to
accomplish"? I can't tell from your request for advice. Are you
having installation problems? Is it running but does nothing? Are
you getting funny numbers?

Did you notice my URL? It's LearnByDestroying.com, which means your
should do some screwing around, break something, troubleshoot, fix it,
learn how it works in the process, and only then yell for help.

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)comix.santa-cruz.ca.us
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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