Lucent Agere AP's can turn off SSID broadcasts, Netstumbler will still show the MAC Address, but not the SSID. Another utility that may be able to provide you more information SSID's is www.kismet.com
-Russ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony Parker Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:20 AM To: Jim Kelly; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jason Xie Subject: Re: [BAWUG] disable SSID broadcast I can try it against my BEFW with that rev and get to you all. -Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jason Xie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [BAWUG] disable SSID broadcast > On Wed, 15 May 2002 23:32:08 -0700 (PDT), Jason Xie wrote: > > >anyone knows what APs allow disabling SSID broadcast? > >i am interested in finding out if Cisco, Symbol, > >Agere, Intel APs have this feature. any suggestion is > >much appreciated in advance. > > > > Linksys BEFW11S4 with Firmware: 1.42.7 April 10, 2002, > from http://www.evansconforti.com/befw11s4/ > > > > >a second question, if the SSID broadcast is disabled, > >is there a freeware tool to still pick up that AP in > >wardriving? To my experience, NetStumbler won't work. > > > > > > I'm unable to test the Linksys disable feature because NetStumbler doesn't > recognize my 3com 3CRWE73796B AirConnect Wireless Card. > > > Regards, > Jim Kelly > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
