Posts Tagged ‘wifi’

Wi-Fi Antennas On the Cheap [802.11 Wireless]

It should be noted right off that I intend to research information regarding unconventional wireless networking use. You probably won’t find much here that’ll help with day-to-day wireless networking. Unless, of course, you’re desperate and don’t care that your setup looks ridiculous. Probably one of the most popular things I’ve run across when looking into [...]

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Tether the T-Mobile G1 without any Messy Rooting or Hacking

Tethering has been around for the G1 since it hit the market, but it always required gaining root access to the OS by loading hacked-up version of the firmware. From what I’ve read, the process is fairly painless, and there are few reports of bricking. But, once you’ve rooted your phone, you’d have to load [...]

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Update to WiFi Map & Other Updates

I’ve made a sizable update to the WiFi Scan / Wardriving map adding nearly 1000 new points to the map from areas in Southern California. Though, for some reason, the new points are not showing on the web maps, but show when the KML file is loaded directly into Google Earth. I would figure out [...]

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A Personal Project: WiFi Scan & War Driving

I’ve created  a page that displays an interactive Google Maps mashup of wireless access points with dynamic pin colors and detailed information including geographical coordinates, type of encryption (if any), and signal strength. Below the map is a link to download the KML file for use in Google Earth. Most, if not all, of the [...]

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