Hello, i have been wardriving with my powerbook for a while now.(using kismac) but the one thing i am hunting for is a external antenna. i know the powerbook has a pcmcia card slot. im wondering what cards work with mac and have a external antenna connector on them. anyhelp on a list or what cards meet the critieria (pcmcia. 54g. external antenna capable.) would be greatly appreatiated.
sounds like fun, but isn't that a little...ah...well, wrong? Well anyway, would you be willing to crack open the case and fish out the built in antenna? You could rout it to a connector that you could attach an external antenna to and un-plug it when not "War Driving" or "War skating" or "War Cycling"
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I would be willing. IF there wasent a pcmcia slot on the powerbook BEGING to be used. I know their are cards that work with it but i just dont know which ones. And wardriving rong. If the network is open and i find it its legal. if the network is locked down i just go to the next one. I dont think its rong to use something that is open to use by the owner (not my fault they dont know it is). But i dirgress if i could get a list of pcmcia wifi cards that work with os 10.4 and is B/G with external antena port.
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Macbook 2.1 core duo 1gig 160gb sata iMac g5 w/1 gig 160gig all-in-one and SWEET! iBook G4 IGhz Quicksilver Dual 800's iPod touch "Guys, I think we just lost the platform here" Pete Conrad When in doubt, try SCE to AUX
there are some whip antennas available that you can attach to your car. Compusa (i hate em) has an excellent selection to choose from. For Wardriving, you'll want a good omni-directional antenna. Sometimes, as in the case of the airport 802.11b cards, you won't have the right adapter to fit the antenna to the card. There are numerous sources online that can sell you the right pig-tail adapter. I had to do that with an airport base station. Adapter costs about $7 if you need it.
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If you're the kind of person that doesn't listen to AM/FM you can buy a connecter and wire up the car antenna to the system. Theres a 50 50 chance that war driving is legal and illegal. If you plan to just use some one's wireless connection to surf the net "legal stuff" it's alright. But if you access other computers on that lan or do some illegal downloading then it's illegal.
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