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To check your wireless security, you need something to assist you ... wireless sniffer (and/or wireless IDS tool).

Here are some of the available wireless sniffer (some refer as scanner) available today.

Freeware for Windows:

  • Aerosol has been tested to work on D-Link, LinkSys, Belkin, US Robotics, SMC, Netgear, HP HN210W USB and Intel Anypoint Wireless
  • ApSniff has been tested to work on DWL-650 and LinkSys, it requires you to manually change the SSID to blank.
  • Network Stumbler works on the following cards using the Hermes chipstes such as Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE(Agere ORiNOCO), Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series (PCMCIA and mini-PCI), Avaya Wireless PC Card, Toshiba Wireless LAN Card (PCMCIA and built-in), Compaq WL110, Cabletron/Enterasys Roamabout, Elsa Airlancer MC-11, ARtem ComCard 11Mbps , IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card, and 1stWave 1ST-PC-DSS11IS, DSS11IG, DSS11ES, DSS11EG
  • WLAN Expert is a wireless client utility designed to work with the PRISM chipset by Intersil. The Linksys WPC11 is the only client card I've tested, although many manufacturers use this silicon. Intersil counts Alcatel, Cisco, Compaq, Nokia, Nortel, Samsung and Siemens among its OEMs.
  • AirSnare is an intrusion detection program to help you monitor your wireless network.
    AirSnare is another tool to add to your Wireless Intrusion Detection Toolbox. AirSnare will alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network and will also alert you to DHCP requests taking place. If AirSnare detects an unfriendly MAC address you have the option of tracking the MAC address's access to IP addresses and ports or by launching Ethereal upon a detection.
  • Packetyzer or Packet Analyzer for windows user interface for the Ethereal packet capture and dissection library. Packetyzer is distributed together with winpcap and Ethereal. Packetyzer includes special support for analyzing 802.11 networks including signal strength displays and SSID discovery and logging. Packetyzer is open source software and is distributed under the GNU General Public License.

  • PocketWarrior This is wardriving software for PRISM that run on PocketPC 2002. Pocketwarrior is now released under GPL.
  • AirScanner
    Sniff passwords from your Pocket PC
    As a network administrator, you want to protect your users' confidential data. What better way to do this than to stroll down the hall with Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer hidden in your pocket? Thanks to our support for Ethereal packet capture format, grabbing your user's passwords out of the airwaves is as easy as watching a movie! Your users unintentionally send their passwords through the air in clear text, so it is better that you discover this first before a malicious drive-by hacker does it for you. Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer also works in promiscuous mode, so you can also discover unauthorized users who may be associating with one of your access points.

    Audit WLANs from your PDA
    Are you tired of dragging your laptop all over campus to audit your WLAN? Simply slip Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer into your pocket, and you are ready to go. Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer packs the power of a full-scale sniffer into an application for portable devices. Once your Windows CE device is linked to the network, Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer monitors all activity within a given segment. In addition, Airscanner(TM) Mobile Sniffer allows you to set your own filters, allowing you to monitor only the information you need.

    NOTE:
    Airscanner software is free for personal, non-commercial use. Business, government or educational use requires a purchased license. Multiple U.S. patents pending.


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