There wasn't such a lock on the early Acer netbooks; I doubt Asus would have
one. In any event, you'd be better off buying an external adapter anyway,
since you can get better reception and make sure your chipset is fully
compatible with the sniffer software you plan to use. You can find
high-power (1 watt) RTL8187L-based external adapters (Alfa clones) for $25
or less on eBay. I have a lower power (500mw) version of one of these, and
have used it to easily pick up my University's wifi in areas that they claim
aren't covered (and which the built-in cards on my thinkpads can't see).
David
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From: "Alex Austin" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:35 AM
To: "TP IBM LIST" <[email protected]>
Subject: [Thinkpad] Wireless chipset lock
Does anyone know if the wireless chipset lock is only on ThinkPads, or am
I
likely to have such a lock on any modern laptop? I'm planning on getting
an
either an EeePC or Aspire One but want a different wireless card.
The intent is to make an access point appliance with packet sniffing for
debugging WiFi-capable devices.
- Alex
--
It is referred to as the Fibonacci meal. Today's dinner is the sum of
yesterday's leftovers and the day before's leftovers.
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