recommendations regarding wardriving setups.

Hey folks

Just spent the last couple of months doing some research for the best,
or at least a very good, wardriving setup. I'd like to post here to
tell everyone about what I did and hopefully help a couple of people
make the right decision when it comes to getting a wardriving setup.

GPS - Garmin eTrex:
The eTrex is basically at the bottom end of the spectrum when it comes
to functionality - it's your bog standard GPS. However, I've found it
easy to use and it communicates with many standard miltifunction
programs for wardriving eg NetStumbler. The data cable could have been
made by myself though - it was quite dear considering it's just a
couple of wires. £25 here in the UK. GPS unit cost £110 from Argos.

Wireless card - Proxim 8480-WD:
I have a centrino chip on the laptop, but it's really no use when it
comes to promiscuous sniffing et all. I found what were considered to
be 'unofficial' drivers for the card, which allow promiscuous sniffing
under the Windows OS... link was
http://www.wildpackets.com/support/h...heros30_driver
£60 from www.camberleycomputers.co.uk

Software - Ethereal, NetStumbler and AirCrack:
The fantastic trio of programs for any wireless enthusiast. AirCrack is
really a collection of 3 programs: 802ether.exe, aircrack.exe and
airodump.exe. The most useful, I find, is AirDump - does what it says
on the tin. However, they need the Peek driver to function correctly
which is easily available via a Google search.
Ethereal can then be used to import the capture file, and it does a
fantastic job of displaying all the relevant information in a very easy
to understand manner. Of course, you can dump straight into ethereal
instead of using airdump, but I find dumping and then importing is the
best method; Allows for dumping as well as looking through packets at
the same time. great stuff!
NetStumbler.... well, yeah, it's ok... but I've yet to see someone make
'proper' use of the program as opposed to just buggering around looking
at signal strengths. Would be much better with a mapping option.