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arizonajon

that's pretty cool, Andrew!

arizonajon

Thanks - glad to continue contributing! I've been collecting mostly non-stop, but the uploader hadn't been performing for me, so i kinda vanished. Am am finally attempting to get the truck cleaned up again, with new radios, and some mechanical repairs that were needed. I do have a recurrent problem ...

arizonajon

Good morning Andrew - I am on 1.4. Maybe I will delete it and re-install it. Yeah, I do kill the countdown and then try it manually, but doesn't seem to begin a process. I'll watch it with Task Manager. The website does seem to allow multiple files per submit. My record is about 31. However, I do no...

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Hi Andrew - First, thanks again for continuing to support our AP data collection. It's a bad habit I have... I have not been able to get WiFiDB Uploader to do anything but open, I enter the upload name, then point it to the right folder, then it immediately says "closing in 30 seconds..."....

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Hi Andrew - Thanks for the new feature! I ran into it when I didn't know what that icon was %^) and clicked on it. Was looking at random APs around here, some have quite a range! Nearly unbelievable! Capture12apr21c.PNG So, here's a random one, the location circled is my place on the hill. The main ...

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Hi Andrew! Hope the wx is getting nice out there. I've been using the WiFiDB uploader tool (v 1.4) quite a bit lately. Mostly it's been working well. Today, though, when attempting to upload a series of 25 files, the uploader didn't seem to recognize that there were new files and started its 30 seco...

arizonajon

Pretty cool, Andrew!
It's interesting that in my neighborhood most of the structures aren't rendered, except the local elementary school and a number of homes nearby. My house along with the other 600 or so are all missing. Do you know what the rules are for inclusion?
Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Good day Andrew - I see that since I had the issue with the truncated display a week or two ago, you've made two new versions available. The first one brought in the bigger buttons, which is really nice, as well as correcting the text box string size limit. It's the first time I can use my whole fin...

arizonajon

Good evening, Andrew -

Thanks for the fast response. I'll let you know when I get back to the truck tomorrow and do the update.

Cheers - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Good day, Andrew - This morning Vistumbler prompted me that there was an update, so natch I updated. As usual, thanks so much for keeping the program current! However, once done, the GUI changed in a way that seems to have limited the amount of characters that were allowed to be in a text field. Unf...

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Good morning Andrew - I've now become current on my imports - only took 2000+ to get there. Sorry for the impact on your new setup, but it appears you might have discovered something that could have been a problem later on down the road. I may go on a longer drive later this month or sometime in Oct...

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I think I broke the website...

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Ahh, never mind. I re-read another thread about changes to WDB Uploader and continued my comments in that thread...

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Here's the details of another unhandled exception: See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'G:\Vistumbler_fEB2020\2020-02-21 16-41-40...

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as I was uploading, I got this several times:

: Capture.PNG (226.14 KiB) Viewed 55601 times

arizonajon

Well, maybe it's my bad. I upgraded to V1.4 and it seems to be working now... You should be receiving about 2200 files over the next hour or so %^)

Cheers - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Wow, in fact, it appears that I haven't successfully uploaded a file since March.

Cheers - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Hi Andrew - I'm using WDB Uploader v1.2.1. I went out to the truck, copied all the log files from the truck pc, put it in a directory called "Vistumbler", and brought the thumb drive back to the home PC to upload all that to the site. While the folder includes files previously uploaded, th...

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Good Saturday, Andrew - I am not yet an ex-human! (apologies to Monty Python) Here's the details from my Malwarebytes history: Malwarebytes www.malwarebytes.com -Log Details- Protection Event Date: 8/26/20 Protection Event Time: 1:53 PM Log File: 298ff332-e7de-11ea-a3a1-001bdc003d8d.json -Software I...

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Wow, thanks for doing all this, Andrew. I had noticed some time ago about the apparent lack of my old APs, but have noticed that there's more stuff in the 3+ year category now. When I tried to come to this website today, Malwarebytes threw a RTP detection Trojan warning. That's new to me. Do you kno...

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Hey Andrew - Saw that you were around, thought I'd revive my issue here. Ever since I upgraded my mobile computer to Win10P, I cannot get Uploader to run. I double-click on it, the icon looks like something's about to happen, then nada. Nothing obvious in the Task Monitor, either. So that's the firs...

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hey Andrew - thanks for the info on hass.io. Had never heard of it, just spent the last 30 min at the site and checking on the buttload of features and additions that one can do. Looks like home automation can become a full-time occupation with that stuff! UBNT stuff is generally pretty nice. I have...

arizonajon

HNY Andrew -

maybe it was something in one of the five logs it's currently importing?

Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Pushed my Wi-Fi AP count to over 5 million now! I eventually discovered that the Q1900 mobo didn't support Windows 10. It was weird, it could be just fine as a server or for web browsing, but as soon as I put demands on it for I/O stuff (GPS, camera, Wi-Fi sniffing, touch screen, etc) it would get a...

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Hi Andrew - I recently upgraded the truck PC to a new MoBo (ASRock Q1900) and Windows 10 Pro. It's a 64-bit system. I installed Vistumbler, Franson GPSGate Splitter, and all my other usual software, like I had on the former truck computer, a Windows 7 box on a 32-bit machine. For about 2 weeks, Vist...

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Happy T-Day, Andrew - I tried installing and running the Uuloader on a "new" truck PC running Win10. When I attempt to start it, WIndows intercepts it and says it's running a security scan, but the scan never finishes or something else occurs, and in any event the uploader doesn't want to ...

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I ordered and received this week an Alfa AWUS036AC dual-band USB Wi-Fi dongle. I am going to connect it to warpig1.0 and see what a kismet run looks like with it. I haven't dug into kistmet logging yet to see what flexibility it might have to restrict what is logged, but I'm sure that there's someth...

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here are two

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Hey Andrew - I have about 100 log files that WiFiDB doesn't process. I tried using the uploader program, then I tried manual via the web page. Neither worked, or at least I cannot find the files in WiFiDB. I don't get an error, either. All the files are standard .vs1 files, with a header of # Vistum...

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... Since the pis would just be sending home, you wouldn't really need a connection into them (unless you feel they need management, then that is another story) Hey Andrew - thanks for the feedback. I'm pretty sure it is "another story". The remote Pi generates a data stream that I don't ...

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Can I install two Wi-Fi adapters on the mobile PC running Vistumbler and Windows 7? I'd like to improve my scan rate, and was thinking I could set one to 2.4 GHz and the other to 5 GHz. Maybe even more than two, if that works. Right now the only way I can envision this working is by running two inst...

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hey - this is cool. I will give it a try soon. WarPig1.0 is the name of my RPi with kismet. Wrote it up here at my blog jonadams.com/wireless/?p=1027 This past week I spent time learning about vpn. I have a number of remote RPis or Windows boxes, all collecting telemetry or listening to radio channe...

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Yep, it was an old one that Raspbian auto-recognizes. The newer (like 4 y old one) with dual band and (maybe) ac needs to have the driver compiled, and I haven't done that yet.

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you'll note that I don't have the manufacturer's database installed. I tried to do it by following the procedure, but got errors each time.

arizonajon

I did a short (~1 mi) drive just now, attached are the .netxml and .nettxt files. Man, they grow fast. I need to figure out a way to throttle the output a bit.

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here are both of those files from my 2 minute run. i added a .txtsuffix to each to get by the uploader. Just remove that and you'll have them as they were.

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Hey Andrew - I finally got kismet running on an RPi. Took most of the day, mainly due to *nix learning curve issues. What I have learned is that kismet doesn't have a single output type that handily has the usual stuff that Vistumbler provides. For instance, there's 5 files in the log I ran just now...

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or, if I somehow get Kismet up and running, does that produce files that can be read by WiFiDB?

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and the point is, I'd like the output files from my app to be readable by the WiFiDB app, and maybe even importable via the uploader tool.

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Hey Andrew - Just returned from another 60k AP trip to LA, and am getting enthusiastic about writing my own wardriving solution using a RPi, a GPS dongle, and a Wi-Fi dongle. It will be a lot more convenient than having to haul the pc around with me. I might even put it all in a box and mag mount it...

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Hi Andrew - I was wondering if there'd be a way you could add to Vistumbler the ability to play .wav or .mp4 files, in addition to the current .mid files. I have a number of custom sounds that I have crafted for wardriving, but haven't found a way to play them through Vistumbler, They do work fine o...

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Alrighty - I finally bought myself a drone. This little HS210 is pretty cool. For ~$30, it's a quad rotor, comes with three batteries, controller, and will do some limited auto-aerobatics. Freaks the cats out. Like a giant bumblebee as it approaches. Huge prop wash. IMG_8912.JPG I am now studying fo...

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Hey Andrew -

Running the Uploader again just now - it appears to be working well and advancing through the waiting files. Server looks to be taking one every 30 seconds or so. Thanks for resolving that!

Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Good morning Andrew - I seem to be having the slowest upload ever experienced. Metz's stuff is all done, there's no other obvious things running on the server, and I'm running v1.2.1 WiFiDB Uploader. I have over 100 files to upload, but it seems that I can only upload one in the WiFiDB instance runn...

arizonajon

Hey Metz -

Go back up this thread to find the link to the WiFiDB Uploader.

Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Hey Metz -

Andrew would obviously know the answer, but it seemed when this happened to me it had something to do with the .ini file getting messed up. I think I deleted it and it was fine afterward.

Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

This must be how PFerland and ACalcutt felt when I got back from my first long business trip.

Uploader has constipation.

arizonajon

Ok, I was lazy at the time I posted the above. I went back to a thread we had on new features and a link to the WiFiDB Uploader V1.2.1 was there. So, I installed that Uploader, added the appropriate information, and the API key. That's running now, attempting to push uploads to the server. But, afte...

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Was wondering why WiFiDB Uploader was slow to respond - I see there's a new kid in town uploading! Cool!

Haven't been to Clearwater area in over a decade - nice to see the APs there being captured.

Welcome aboard!

Cheers and 73 - Jon N7UV

arizonajon

Hi Andrew - There seems to be something fatally wrong now with my version of WiFiDB Uploader. I know we talked about this a while back, but now it just doesn't work, even when I bring all the files collected from the mobile setup to the main computer and attempt the upload from there. I can upload u...

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