no, mikrotik in this case, doing a 'scan' on the interface...shows their ssid's in their trucks...
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 5:05 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC type ad hoc mode? Rick Smith wrote: > nod, a scan on the AP shows them... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ralph > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:23 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: RE: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC > type > > If they still operate as before, you shouldn't see them unless you set > your tower as a client/cpe. I have never seen them do anything with > an AP, other than BE one. Dis you know that was what the SST-PR-1 was before? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Rick Smith > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:35 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: RE: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC > type > > yeah I can see 10 - 12 of them at any time off one of my towers. > I'm 1/2 mile from a sears garage where they repair those vans... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ralph > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 11:11 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC type > > Hi Matt- > > Back in my old Net-Stumbler days (back when you could drive across > Atlanta and see less than 20 Access Points, and 2 were my own), the "experimenters" > of the day became perplexed by this SSID that kept popping up at > random times. It was an Access Point named "SST-PR-1" The first time > I saw it, I was in my basement and I knew full well what I could > normally receive down there. > > There were all kinds of theories: an AP on a low earth orbit > satellite, something on a passing vehicle, some sort of temporary SSID on a piece of > gear that just showed up right at bootup, etc. Googling for SST-PR-1 might > actually turn up some of the old discussions about it. > > Anyway- I started seeing it a lot in the evenings after they built > some apartments behind me. I sent my son over there on his bike with > a camera to do some investigating. He soon found a Sears Service > truck (the ones with the small Globalstar dish on top like you see on > many semis) parked in front of an apartment. He went back with a > laptop and traced the signal to this van. So we had it figured out- Sears truck. > > A few days later, my son saw the driver coming home for the evening > and the driver gave him the dog and pony show of the truck computer. > It is linked to Sears parts database via satellite. The SST-PR-1 is > the SSID of an integral access point that allows the driver to use a > laptop from inside the customer's home to check on parts, see service > manuals, etc. The SST stands for "Sears Smart Toolbox". > > I once told a friend about it and he set up a laptop to warn him when > the Sears guy entered the neighborhood on his way to fix their > refrigerator. An "early warning" system of sorts. > > So, the big SST-PR-1 mystery was finally solved by a 12 year old kid! > > Ralph > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists > Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:16 AM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] TRUCKPC > > AHA!!!! > > I've been wondering where the hell that TruckPC request has been > coming from!!!!!! > > Occasionally, I have techs who have left the radius authentication > disabled on an access point and the dhcp logs will start to fill up > with requests from "TruckPC". They were coming from access points all over > the place and I was a little perplexed. It is interesting to watch our > radius logs too. I have one AP overlooking a little town of 200 > people, but it is right next to an interstate and the radius log from > that AP is always showing logins. Must be all the trucker laptops > whizzing by looking for an open AP. > > I've been toying with the idea of turning on hotspot functionality so > that we can provide transient access, and this is probably a good > reason to do it. > > Matt Larsen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Ralph wrote: >> Well, JohnnyO- you might want to also educate these people, then: >> http://www.drivertech.com/ >> >> Their product, a "Truckpc" is being installed in many fleet vehicles. >> One fleet that comes to mind is US Express, a long haul package >> hauling > service >> http://www.usxpress.com/ The device communicates back to the office via >> Satellite, Cellular, or WiFi- whichever is available and cheaper. >> According to the manufacturer, it can hunt down open and unsecured >> access points and do your "HIGHLY illegal" act of connecting and >> sending its data whenever it can. >> >> I'm not endorsing this behavior, of course, but I wanted to bring it >> to the attention of the list. >> >> How do I know? My WISP operates hotspot portals that allow casual users > to >> make use of our mountain and tower-top sectors of WiFi. These cover >> major portions of several towns. These towns have a major Interstate >> route passing through them. I began noticing numerous TRUCKPC leases >> being granted by the DHCP servers in these towns. I became concerned >> about what they were, so I did a little internet research and ended >> up on the phone with technical support at Drivertech. This is who >> confirmed how these devices operate and who the probable fleet >> culprit > was. >> If anyone has portals near major truck routes, check your DHCP logs >> and see if you see the TRUCKPC SSID grabbing leases. You may want to >> either block it or contact these folks and work out a "roaming agreement". >> >> >> >> Serious part over, joke follows: >> >> This message brought to you by the World's largest free wireless >> internet provider. Look for our SSID wherever you go: Linksys. >> >> Ralph >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of JohnnyO >> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:35 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: RE: [WISPA] recommendation for Client POE integrated radio >> for802.11b/g >> >> Brian - Ham Operator or not - do you realize that what you're >> planning on doing is HIGHLY illegal and has several people over the >> past 2 yrs in Federal Prison as we speak ? >> >> > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
