Charles N Wyble Journal

I have been looking at MadWifi and am quite impressed with its abilities. I am going to purchase a supported card this afternoon from Frys. I am currently writing a script that will configure the card automatically. You may be thinking Why not use /etc/network/interfaces to configure the card? Well I could do that if I simply wanted to access the net. However the beauty of the Atheros chipset and madwifi software is virtualization. (I have been talking about that a lot lately haven't I?:)

I plan to setup the following:

1. A plain wireless card for access to open hotspots and one off uses.


2. A wireless card configured for use at my appartment. Complete with static IP and encryption.


3. A wireless card configured for use at work.


4. A wireless card configured for sniffing via Kismet. I want to play with wep/wpa cracking (this will be my first use of the cluster I am building between my desktop and laptop)


5. A wireless access point for use at LUG meetings. I would like to be able to host resources and presentation materials etc. Possibly bridge with an EVDO card at some point (though I don't think that is in the budget for a few months :)


6. A wireless access point for learning. I want to setup WEP/WPA/Radius etc. Also play with Wireless Distrubution System (WDS).

I can do all that and more on one physical PCMCIA wireless card and its all portable. How cool is that?!?! I will be posting the script here later today. I plan to go buy the card in bout an hour or so. Still trying to decide which model I want.