Anyone know how well the wi-fi access is downtown for laptops?
Depends on precisely where you are. I've done a little bit of wardriving through town and coverage of open APs is spotty. Someplaces will have several to choose from and others will have none. The biggest concentration seems to be in the ~3 blocks around the uni. As you get further from the uni, the number of open APs goes down signifcantly. The other big concentrations are in areas with dense retail / professional offices. For instance, the other night sitting at the Albertson's gas station on Coburg, I found 17 AP's, 6 of which were open, 3 of which were not on captive portals.
I'd suggest experimenting with Kismet in / around your own typical haunts. If you are willing to do WEP cracking your options go up significantly, but that has some obvious negative ethical implications....
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-Quentin Hartman-
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