on 1/27/03 2:35 PM, Andrew Kershaw at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 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
thanks for getting back to me i was just wondering i know theres alot of peeps out there that have older books that use lucent cards and they would probably like to use a app like classic stumbler or macstumbler i just got me a new ibook monday so i can run os x scanning software hey but thanks again for getting back to me t. -- 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
