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    Posted by toxicle on 5th October 2005 in GPS, Google, Hacks, Network, Outdoor, Photos, Wireless

    WiFi in KL
    Ok … for those of you who attended Anthony & Jim’s “War Driving Kuala Lumpur” training during HITBSecConf2005, these little points might be of interest to you.

    I wished we had drove and collected more points but we “got stuck” somewhere for quite some time ;)

    You will need Google Earth to view this file. Have fun :)

    ** Don’t forget to view Penang HotSpots on Google Earth

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    11 Comments so far

    1. negative on October 5th, 2005

      awesome!

    2. toxicle on October 5th, 2005

      Too bad we only got so few. Don’t forget to view Penang’s hotspots!
      http://toxicle.org/archives/157/penang-hotspots-on-google-earth/

    3. earl-ku on October 6th, 2005

      this is awesome man

      ok so what do we need to do something like this?

      so what i’ll need is a

      -laptop(wifi enabled)
      -an external antennae
      -gps unit?
      -google earth plus? or pro?

    4. toxicle on October 6th, 2005

      I only use Google Earth to view the points.

      For collecting …. I use either Netstumbler or Kismet with my GPS reciever. You can also get points from WiGLE. All the points in KL and Penang are available there. I think 99% of the points in Malaysia are submitted by me. Would be nice if someone else updates the KL part. You just need to convert those points to KML.

    5. blackdogbone on October 6th, 2005

      nice one…been driving around with netstumbler on a couple of times but with no GPS, so i’m wondering, since it shows you the signal strength, would that mean that triangulating a stronger signal with the gps coordinates gives you the exact (or closer) location of the AP?

      plugging the coordinates into google earth would then probably show that the APs are based in buildings rather than on roads. it would be a hassle to drive around buildings looking for better signal quality though, obviously.

    6. toxicle on October 6th, 2005

      blackdogbone: When detecting with a GPS unit, Netstumbler grabs the location (of where you are) when it detects a WiFi signal. These points do not point exactly to the AP. It will however give you an approximate location.

      I would love to see a software that does that :)
      Let me know if I’m wrong … I wish I’m wrong :P

    7. red on October 7th, 2005

      whoa, nice work there :)

    8. margono on February 23rd, 2006

      nice to know you thru this web. I found ur pic that u have experienced using the astro dish to get wifi signal. how can u use it? it need usb wifi adaptor? or AP? need more explanation about this. Iam staying around kondomonium and get low signal wifi, need to boost it up by my astro dish (no more used for astro channel programme). Thank you.

    9. toxicle on March 2nd, 2006

      margono: http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/ - USB
      http://www.engadget.com/2005/11/15/how-to-build-a-wifi-biquad-dish-antenna/ - AP or WiFi Card

      Good Luck :)

    10. margono on March 3rd, 2006

      ur reply very appreciated. thanks a lot. muach!

    11. arwana on March 7th, 2006

      actually, toxicle have u ever make the panel antenna for astro dish? need more explanation from ur experience. thank you.

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