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WEP/WPA - how to tell which one

 
 
ps56k
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      02-24-2009, 02:15 AM
is there a monitor - like Netstumbler - that can report back on what
encryption type is being used ?
ie - we can see an AP on a site survey,
but want to log what encryption it is using.... and most tools just report
everything as WEP.

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      02-24-2009, 05:28 AM

"Jeff Liebermann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:15:08 -0600, "ps56k"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>is there a monitor - like Netstumbler - that can report back on what
>>encryption type is being used ?
>>ie - we can see an AP on a site survey,
>>but want to log what encryption it is using.... and most tools just report
>>everything as WEP.

>
> WiFi-Hopper shows the encryption type:
> <http://wifihopper.com>
> <http://wifihopper.com/screenshots.html>
> The free version doesn't have the connection manager, but everything
> else works.
>


tnx - found some other threads that mentioned it -
downloaded, and will try it out tomorrow .


 
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