On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 14:10:07 -0700, G Gambill wrote: > > Just fired up the box at home and found none. > Where are the gamers when you really need them??? I think you were joking, but... Do you live in a neighborhood with young families? I used to live between Glendale and Bethany Home on Central Avenue and most everybody there is retirement age. Sure, we had a middle-school there, but very few kids actually lived nearby. Now I'm in a brand-new neighborhood and it's full of young couple and/or young families. I haven't snooped in a while, but I'll bet there are a few wifi spots around my area. If you do have a kid-saturated neighborhood, wait till they're home from school. Before 3 PM, I doubt there'll be any gaming stuff going on (unless they convinced mom they don't feel well). With a Linux laptop and Kismet [1] Windows laptop and NetStumbler[2], you can find hotspots that are open without actually trying to gain access to them. This is called wardriving[3] and is a popular and safe geek "sport". I haven't done it, but I didn't need to. :-) Some wardrivers get really serious about this stuff and attach a GPS device to their computer and have the software automatically log coordinates every time a wifi spot is located. They then can merge those coordinates into a mapping program and produce their own wifi hotspot maps. [1] http://www.kismetwireless.net/ [2] http://www.netstumbler.com/ [3] http://www.wardriving.com/ -- Ric Fischer --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss