wireless tool to graphically show where access points & clients are

[bledd]

not sure if i dreamt this..

is there a freeware tool that will have a scan using your wireless card, then graphically show you where signals are coming from?

anyone?

 

[J.B]

Pretty sure thats a pipe dream, Im no expert but i would have thought to get a tragectory you'd need more than one aerial.

The only way I could think of doing it would be to get a directional antenna or make a cantenna and move it around until the signal is strongest.

 

[bledd]

don't know where i thought i saw this, have a feeling it may have been bluetooth or wireless, not sure

but i see what you mean about needing 2

 

[martian_aphid]

you would probably need two or more to "triangulate" the position [as sayeed would tell you!] but possibly there is some software that can tell you a radial distance and give sort of a graphical output of approx. how far away it may be?

 

[TheKnat]

I'm pretty sure that there is a Cisco tool to do this, but if I remember correctly you have to have cisco AP's and wireless cards that are compatible as well.

 

[norm]

There is site survey software that works in conjunction with GPS that eventually allows you to plot a map of the area. If you look, there is probably similar open source software available.

And here is the white paper on the Cisco triangulation setup.

 

[Sin_Chase]

It can be done, its not amazingly accurate though. I have software on my phone that aims to give a general direction and distance but meh, good luck finding an AP with that

No idea on windows based software so cannot recommend any.