> Hey Drew are you still gonna look into coding classic stumbler for cards >such as the lucent card ? >or have you already started? (snikker) >anyway come monday im gonna finally get to try classic stumbler with an >airport card but was just wondering there are alot of folks out there with >older books that would probably love it. anyway ill let you know if i have >any success with it.
Hmm, well, ClassicStumbler IS for the lucent card, if you have a 2400, 3400 or newer PowerBook and have the AirPort software also installed... ;-) I have been looking into CS for the 5300/1400, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. I tried signing up as an OEM developer with Orinoco (so i could get driver sources for Mac OS), but they didn't believe me, it seems. ;-) In any case, I think the best bet for getting CS to work on the 1400/5300 would be to get AirPort to work there also. I've been playing around with ResEdit, HexEdit, and some gestalt tools to see if I could find a way to get AirPort to work on a 5300. So far, I haven't had any success, but I've learned a lot. I'm pretty sure now that AirPort checks the gestalt for PC Card services. It looks for CardBus support and maybe one or two other gestalts. Now I just have to find a way to fool AirPort into thinking it doesn't need those services, or get a 5300 to report that it has those services. Then we'll see. Also, it seems to use something Apple calls the "WirelessAPI," but I couldn't find any documentation for wireless APIs on Apple's developer site. That info seems to be in-house only... Are there any Toolbox programmers out there that can write a patch for the "pccd" gestalt selector? Some of the other features that are so nifty in NetStumbler (on linux) include sniffing raw wireless streams and decloaking "hidden" base stations. From what I can gather, AirPort will not allow either of these things. Also, there seem to be no WaveLAN drivers for Mac OS that allow setting the card into the right mode to allow sniffing (assuming I didn't want to use the AirPort drivers). So it doesn't look like those features are coming to CS any time soon either. Still, I have some other feature ideas up my sleeve. CS still has a lot of growing to do! Peace, Drew -- Author of ClassicStumbler email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/> Want to know if your neighbor has Wi-Fi? Find out with ClassicStumbler! <http://homepage.mac.com/alk/classicstumbler/> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
