gpsmap with Kismet does a fair amount of this automatically to try to isolate the most likely center of a cluster of sample points.
It's still some guesswork, but it's better than a pure average. -m On Thu, Sep 16, 2004 at 10:05:28AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, that is correct, Multi-path will defiantly fool you unless you use > something like what he mentioned, basically collect observations from > several directions, and then perform post processing, delete outliers, > averaging, ...etc. > > > Mohamed Nezami, > Raytheon, Florida, USA > > > > > > "Brian Riley (maillist)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/15/2004 11:59 PM > > > To: Larry Mateo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, BAWUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: > Subject: Re: [BAWUG] rogue access point detection > > > > Remember the only thing a "GPS enabled" sniffer/stumbler program does is > to > make note of the GPS coordinates of your location at the moment of the > greatest signal strength it has recorded for that access point. That is > all > it does. You could be hundreds of feet from the site. There is nothing easy > about it! > > Your best bet is multiple passes from different directions until you have > it > Bracketed, then average the GPS coordinates. Even then there are so many > variables you will still be down to some serious snooping/educated > guessing! > > Cheers ... BBR > > On 9/7/04 7:24 PM, "Larry Mateo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, Is there a product where it is GPS-enabled so that rogue AP's can be > easily located? I am currently using Sniffer Technologies Netasyst WLX > Wireless. _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list > [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- "Remember the book store down the road? That then became a book and coffee shop? Now it's a 24-hour just-coffee shop. It's like evolution, only, without the getting better."
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