Mac OS X WiFi 802.11 Sniffing / Sniffer Instructions below on using using Mac OS X with Wireshark as a sniffer. In a terminal window type below. sudo chmod 666 /dev/bpf* (your sudo password is your account password) Select channel to sniff. In command below the -c follow by a # selects the channel and [...]

Filed under: WLAN Tools, WLAN Troubleshooting

Visualizing Your WLAN With TamoGraph Site Survey This is a guest post by Michael Berg, Managing Director of TamoSoft, a New Zealand company that develops cutting-edge security and network monitoring software for wired and wireless networks. Michael has been managing application development projects for over 17 years and has been with TamoSoft since 1998. TamoGraph [...]

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iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch WLANController.com Client A iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch aka iOS client for WLANController.com has been released. The client turns an iOS device into a remote WiFi scanner that sends the results to our WLANController Dashboard at http://manage.wlancontroller.com. If you are part of our test group the process to install and configure the [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security, WLAN Site Survey

WLAN Book’s Free Shirt Fridays We are starting a new program called Free Shirt Fridays to help promote products or services offered by readers of this blog. If you are looking for some online exposure for your company, product, blog, website…send me a t-shirt!! Every Friday (give or take), I will pose in a free [...]

Filed under: Gadgets, WLAN Events, WLAN/WiFi News

iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch WiFi Scanner Almost Ready Our goal of having a client for all major operating systems for our Cloud WLAN Security service is on track. We are very close to releasing an iOS 4.2.1 app. With an iOS version and a battery powered device with 3G connecti so many WiFi security, survey, [...]

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Open Source WLAN Controller I was searching to see if an open source WLAN controller existed and ran into a CWNP Blog posting by @DevinAkin from 2007 that I have quoted below. Have you ever seen DD-WRT? How about SVEASOFT? Perhaps WiFi-Box? No, well they’ve been around for quite a long time, and they are [...]

Filed under: WLAN Policy, WLAN Security, WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools

Cloud WLAN Security Using WLANController.com WLANController has two components, a software client that transforms Windows / Mac OS X based computers into WiFi virtual access points and scanners and a web based dashboard that can manage multiple devices from a single graphical user interface. The WLANController Dashboard and client make the deployment and management of [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security, WLAN Site Survey, WLAN Tools

Connectify for Mac NOTE: Only tested on Mac OS Snow Leopard. Not supported on Mac OS Lion but feel free to try and let me know results at @WLANBook Personal Hotspot for Mac OS Download Connectify is a Windows 7 application to turn your PC into an access point for Internet sharing. Additional description below [...]

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Personal Hotspot for Mac OS Personal Hotspot for Mac OS Download We will soon be releasing a Personal Hotspot for Mac OS. Hopefully the app will be approved on Mac App Store. The first version has basic Internet sharing features but future versions will add below. Connected clients Control access point radio power Control access [...]

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WLANController.com Now Has Location Tracking WLANController has two components, a software client that transforms Windows / Mac OS X based computers into WiFi virtual access points and scanners and a web based dashboard that can manage multiple devices from a single graphical user interface. The WLANController Dashboard and client make the deployment and management of [...]

Filed under: WLAN Security, WLAN Site Survey