The idea is that the laptop would be the access point. It only needs to work across a desk, so high power doesn't matter. The requirement is support for master mode under Linux. At this point, that pretty much limits me to Atheros cards and RaLink cards. Good to know about the locks, though. - 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.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 4:41 PM, David Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------- > 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. >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
