I've been using Kismet for about two weeks.

Drove around areas that I already covered...and WOW!

Before I picked up about 700....with Kismet over 2,000.

Made a huge difference.

Believe it when someone says Kismet is better than Netstumbler.

It has been 2 years since I messed with my config, but what you said about #2 sounds a little off, though with a better explanation might make sense? #1. I wouldn't worry about scanning for "802.11a." I can't believe there are that many out there to make it even worth getting an 802.11a card. #2 ...

Well....Kismet is running...made the changes to the conf file. After thinking a bit, kismet is a little slow on scanning, but will live with it for now. 1. Commented out 802.11a because my card does not support that, just 802.11b/g. 2. Set the channelvelocity to 4. Which means that it will complete ...

I am lucky to live in one of the most populated cities in the country for wardriving, "Los Angeles". I work 30+ miles from home and the side streets are sometimes as fast the frwys. So I decided to take my laptop and war drive on the way home one day. Then I realized that driving side streets is ...