War Driving (Wireless Network Surfing)
From my experience war driving is a lot of FUN! Simply put war driving is driving around and using your laptop to search for wireless networks.
There are several ways to go about war driving that can make it more fun than a pain. First off, get a wireless network card with a prism2 chipset and a little hole for an external antenna. Orinoco (now owned by Proxim) makes a PERFECT card for that meets these requirements. It’s almost like the company made it specifically for war driving! Next get yourself a copy of Linux. I use a bootable version called Knoppix STD. It should also be noticed that there is a new distribution of Linux called “War Linux” I have yet to try it out but “War Linux” promises to be the best choice in bootable Linux war driving. It comes complete with Kismet, Wavemon, and nmap! If you are a windows users and you insist on using windows and your prebuilt wireless in your laptop be sure to get NetStumbler.
Some of the fun things you can do while war driving is keep a record of all the wireless networks you come across and submit them to other sites to share with others. It should also be noted here that while scanning for wireless networks connecting to them without consent of the owner, is ILLEGAL! So don’t do it!
Resources:
http://wardriving.com/
http://airsnort.shmoo.com/
http://www.netstumbler.com/
http://www.proxim.com/
http://www.cantenna.com/
Watch this:
http://revision3.com/thebroken/ep1
Watch this too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8EQ8HR
post by Ricky Raymond
http://www.rickyraymond.com
One Response to “War Driving (Wireless Network Surfing)”
By Shell on Aug 7, 2007 | Reply
I have never heard of War Driving as a term before this. Of course I’ve done it before but only by using my laptop and the signal icon. Nice list of resources. Thanks, Ricky.