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by arizonajon
Sat Aug 20, 2016 8:32 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: ViStumbler Betas
Replies: 55
Views: 167960

ViStumbler Betas

Looks like the WiFiDB importer is stuck. There's a bunch of files that have been waiting since yesterday or so...
by arizonajon
Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:01 pm
Forum: General
Topic: GRAPHS
Replies: 33
Views: 92044

GRAPHS

well knock me down and call me cornpone - i guess i missed that somewhere along the way, Andrew! I will make sure that my mobile setup does have that function checked and will also go back and measure my RSS vs what I'd expect, and see how well my Wi-Fi dongle is doing vs what it's reporting! Cheers...
by arizonajon
Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:40 pm
Forum: Share Code
Topic: how to know the scanning AP was Disconnect
Replies: 3
Views: 33990

how to know the scanning AP was Disconnect

Isn't that "straightforward" to tell by looking at whether the Windows network icon down in the Windows system tray? I don't think Vistumbler is involved in the AP associate/disassociate process, it's Windows driving the process. AFAIK, Vistumbler is just reporting what Windows netsh is he...
by arizonajon
Sat Jul 30, 2016 4:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Pretty sure I captured a satellite about to cross in front of Saturn.
Replies: 1
Views: 13820

Pretty sure I captured a satellite about to cross in front of Saturn.

Cool - seems reasonable. Or, aliens were launching an attack on Saturn...
by arizonajon
Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: GRAPHS
Replies: 33
Views: 92044

GRAPHS

Hi Byron - Wow, sounds like you've been deep in this for a while! Since Vistumbler uses the native Windows netsh, that's what's discussed in the link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15797920/how-to-convert-wifi-signal-strength-from-quality-percent-to-rssi-dbm 0.5% = 1 dB, which, like I said above...
by arizonajon
Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: General
Topic: GRAPHS
Replies: 33
Views: 92044

GRAPHS

Hi Byron - I too viewed Mr. McNeil's presentation. Neat antenna design! If what you mean by "Network Stumbler" is NetStumbler, I used to run that over a decade ago. It was a very nice software program and (I believe) worked directly with the WLAN card drivers. It could do some pretty neat ...
by arizonajon
Thu Jul 07, 2016 10:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: GRAPHS
Replies: 33
Views: 92044

GRAPHS

Connect your Wi-FI sniffing setup to your computer with the first test antenna attached. Start up Vistumbler but do not push the "Scan APs" button yet. Go to "View>Graph>Use RSSI in graphs" and uncheck if it's currently checked. That will make sure you get the data as a percentag...
by arizonajon
Sun Jun 05, 2016 2:58 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

I added some info and a diagram showing the stackup.

http://www.jonadams.com/wireless/
by arizonajon
Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

In addition to the permanent setup in my truck, I now have the beginnings of a totally battery-operated, portable setup for walking, biking, hiking, driving (in someone else's car), riding the train, etc. IMG_3946.JPG This is the MicroCenter Winbook 700 (got a refurbished one for $43 at MicroCenter...
by arizonajon
Mon May 30, 2016 12:14 am
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Wandering Wi-Fi APs
Replies: 6
Views: 11657

Wandering Wi-Fi APs

noiram2 is everywhere! In New Hampshire, in Chicagoland, in LA, and in Phoenix. And I haven't even been to NH, so they may be following someone else :D

8A:15:04:FB:99:A1 on 2.4 GHz
02:10:18:45:44:21 on 5 GHz
by arizonajon
Sun May 29, 2016 5:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: First Stacking Attempts
Replies: 5
Views: 20210

First Stacking Attempts

[quote="pferland"]Went out last night since it was nice and clear and wanted to take some video of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars to try out stacking them. I found the program Autostakkert at autostakkert.com and it works really well with manually tracked objects. It is able to easily find the ...
by arizonajon
Sun May 29, 2016 2:00 pm
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Server ignoring logs
Replies: 2
Views: 10356

Server ignoring logs

I generated two logs yesterday and even though they'd upload, they were both "dismissed" by the server instead of being processed. I've attached them here. Any ideas on why they won't process?
by arizonajon
Sun May 29, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: First Stacking Attempts
Replies: 5
Views: 20210

First Stacking Attempts

Hi Phil - Maybe it's just me, but all the image links appear broken...
by arizonajon
Sat May 14, 2016 11:16 am
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

which camera are you looking at? There are some awesome ones, but I can't afford those, and of course it would also require me to finally buy a good telescope :D
by arizonajon
Sat May 14, 2016 10:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: Home Made Solar Filter
Replies: 3
Views: 17224

Home Made Solar Filter

Good idea about the spotter scope. :shock: In the garage, I have some magnifier glasses I wear when working on small stuff, and push them up above my eyes when I don't need them. Then I walk over to the truck, or whatever, out in the sun, and realize that I might burn holes in my head if not careful...
by arizonajon
Sat May 14, 2016 10:18 am
Forum: Request Features
Topic: Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 12310

Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys

It also helps out on my truck wardriving setup. That's an 8" screen, which is generally ok, but when driving it's nice to have very bold, bright colors for quick glances. I set those up so the buttons are FF0000 red and 00FF00 green. Very nice. Not as pretty as before, but more functional for t...
by arizonajon
Sat May 14, 2016 10:06 am
Forum: Request Features
Topic: Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 12310

Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys

Love the new ability to change button colors and make the fonts bigger. This is so cool, Andrew. And you're right, 12 pt font fills the buttons and starts to look weird, but for my tiny TW700 setup it will be just fine!

Thanks again!

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Sat May 07, 2016 11:19 am
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

Off topic, but I spent the morning making an adapter for the Canon A720 cameras we have left over from the big setup we had. They have this plastic ring around the lens that can be removed with the press of a button. So I took two of them. One of them I filled the inside of the ring with hotglue so...
by arizonajon
Wed May 04, 2016 9:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: War driving contest
Replies: 82
Views: 498592

War driving contest

Vistumblering here in Chicagoland is like shooting fish in a barrel with dynamite.
by arizonajon
Tue May 03, 2016 9:40 am
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

This was the start of my wardriving career. A great 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi card. Epson145.jpg It was the Orinoco card, which had an external antenna connector on it as well, with an L-Comm 2.4 GHz fiberglass antenna on a mag mount (have them both still), and a Windows ME laptop permanently mounted on a homem...
by arizonajon
Tue May 03, 2016 9:29 am
Forum: Drones
Topic: Wiring SP Racing F3 Controller with X8R SBUS, GPS, OSD, and Telemetry
Replies: 10
Views: 98970

Wiring SP Racing F3 Controller with X8R SBUS, GPS, OSD, and Telemetry

Cool!

In the photo 20160424_084250[1].jpg, love that antenna. Looks like something out of Dr. Seuss!

When's the maiden voyage? Will it have Vistumbler onboard so you can warfly over neighborhoods?

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Tue May 03, 2016 9:25 am
Forum: Help
Topic: Earthmate LT-40 GPS Problem
Replies: 25
Views: 39686

Earthmate LT-40 GPS Problem

If you got it to work, that's great! Good way to put an old GPS to work.

Did you do any Vistumbler runs and upload them to the database?

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Mon May 02, 2016 7:51 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: Help with Cameras + Tutorials
Replies: 4
Views: 9795

Help with Cameras + Tutorials

I am following your FPV drone progress. I don't have the disposable income to invest in one right now, but I did get an FAA drone registration and tail number a few months ago when they were still free...
by arizonajon
Mon May 02, 2016 7:49 pm
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: 1.5 M APs this week?
Replies: 2
Views: 11819

1.5 M APs this week?

I'm headed back to Chicago tomorrow night and will be there through Friday. The DB is only about 9k APs away from 1.5 M, hopefully I'll push it over that mark by end of the trip. When did we hit 1M? As well, there are a number of new and as of yet unexplored breweries there, perhaps I'll get to one ...
by arizonajon
Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:17 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: Help with Cameras + Tutorials
Replies: 4
Views: 9795

Help with Cameras + Tutorials

[quote="ACalcutt"]The "Camera(s)" tab was experimental. Basically I had two concepts I was testing. The first was a way to pull an image from a webcam, or multiple webcams. Basically you would put in the url that you wanted vistumbler to download...and it would download them at a...
by arizonajon
Sat Apr 30, 2016 1:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wardriving Setups
Replies: 12
Views: 44803

Wardriving Setups

In addition to the permanent setup in my truck, I now have the beginnings of a totally battery-operated, portable setup for walking, biking, hiking, driving (in someone else's car), riding the train, etc. IMG_3946.JPG This is the MicroCenter Winbook 700 (got a refurbished one for $43 at MicroCenter ...
by arizonajon
Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:12 pm
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Wandering Wi-Fi APs
Replies: 6
Views: 11657

Wandering Wi-Fi APs

By ID'ing I mean have a way to see that some APs report widely different positions over time. Top 10 "wandering AP" List - the ones with the most positions different by at least a mile or something like that... Every AP with GPS information in the db has a nominal position, maybe the mean ...
by arizonajon
Fri Apr 22, 2016 10:18 am
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Wandering Wi-Fi APs
Replies: 6
Views: 11657

Wandering Wi-Fi APs

I know I mentioned this before, back when I found an AP in Scottsdale that had once been in New Hampshire or Massachusetts. Yesterday during my travels I once again came across a person perhaps named Marion with either their cellphone's hot spot on or a Wi-Fi equipped car. noiram2 - 02:10:18:45:44:2...
by arizonajon
Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:15 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

success!

I collected some files today and used the new uploader to send them. Seemed to work ok.
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by arizonajon
Tue Apr 19, 2016 9:43 am
Forum: General
Topic: Improving Windows 7 WLAN Associate/Disassociate Aggressiveness
Replies: 2
Views: 10674

Improving Windows 7 WLAN Associate/Disassociate Aggressiveness

An approach that perhaps could be an option within Vistumbler, since it's already reading the netsh command all the time, would be a new tab that specifies "friend" networks that may be associated to when available and above a certain signal strength. That way, when Vistumbler is finding t...
by arizonajon
Tue Apr 19, 2016 12:07 am
Forum: General
Topic: Improving Windows 7 WLAN Associate/Disassociate Aggressiveness
Replies: 2
Views: 10674

Improving Windows 7 WLAN Associate/Disassociate Aggressiveness

Hi guys - My setup in the truck has another function besides being a wardriving platform (what??? say it ain't so!!!). The Mobius dashcam is used by a program called Yawcam to grab a still every 20 seconds or so and attempt to FTP it to my server at jonadams.com. And being Windows, it's very non-agg...
by arizonajon
Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: War driving contest
Replies: 82
Views: 498592

War driving contest

Ordered a $22 dual-band USB Wi-Fi dongle with dual external antennas (MIMO, doncha know %^), and have another GPS receiver built up. When I get the dual-band Wi-Fi dongle, I can build up a warwalking setup. I am going to try to get my hands on one of those Winbooks (Micro Center has them for about $...
by arizonajon
Sat Apr 09, 2016 3:37 pm
Forum: Request Features
Topic: Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 12310

Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys

Hi Andrew-
You're right, Vistumbler already has IEEE MAC lookup, which is #5 on my list. I would certainly like to have #4!
by arizonajon
Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:27 pm
Forum: Request Features
Topic: Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 12310

Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys

Never mind on item 4), I just realized that Vistumbler already has that feature.

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:24 pm
Forum: Request Features
Topic: Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys
Replies: 6
Views: 12310

Bigger Font Sizes for Old Guys

Gentlemen: I'm an old geezer, and my mobile computer setup has a teensy 800x600 8" touchscreen with not the greatest contrast or brightness. However, bigger screens are more visible to others (like the PD) and get in the way more. I run the minimal GUI Mode (experimental; when's it gonna go pro...
by arizonajon
Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:13 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe
Replies: 9
Views: 14354

Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe

thanks, Phil. You know, I know that this happened to me before, some time ago, and I forgot the simple solution. I should label this the "black background crash" problem. Maybe next time i can search for that instead and find the solution!
by arizonajon
Thu Apr 07, 2016 12:05 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe
Replies: 9
Views: 14354

Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe

Good morning Phil- With the new organization of the file structure so that you don't need to run administrator, where is settings.ini?
by arizonajon
Wed Apr 06, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: Beta
Topic: Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe
Replies: 9
Views: 14354

Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe

Hey Andrew - Something happened on my mobile setup in the past few days. I'm now getting the following when I attempt to start up Vistumbler. Vistumbler_StartUp_error.png Vistumbler_Interface_Minimized.png Vistumbler_AutoIt_Error.png The last occurred when I clicked on the Use GPS or the Scan APs bu...
by arizonajon
Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

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screengrab. Looks like it's installed?
by arizonajon
Sun Apr 03, 2016 8:49 am
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Warwalking in DC
Replies: 1
Views: 6555

Warwalking in DC

I've been here since Wednesday afternoon and am going home today. I have a decidedly sub-optimal warwalking setup. I use my work pc, with dual-band wi-fi, left on when the lid is closed, so all I have are the antennas in the lid, and it's stowed in my backpack with the lid facing away from my back. ...
by arizonajon
Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:24 am
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

To be clear, I pushed the "unblock" button and applied it for each file where there was an "Unblock" button.
by arizonajon
Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:22 am
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

sorry about that. Should have checked. Here's the images. WDBUploader_WDBSQLite_properties_workPC.PNG and the crash. ScreenGrab_WDBUploader.PNG I did check the properties of each file in the directory. They were all in "Block" mode, so I switched them all to unblock. Tried to run it and sa...
by arizonajon
Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:44 am
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

Hi Phil - Glad to help - here is a pic of the .dll properties. WDBUploader_WDBSQLite_properties_workPC.PNG After I clicked "unblock", I tried running WDBUploader again. The following is what I got. WDBUploader_WDBSQLite_Allowed.PNG I can send you the dump file if you want it. Cheers - Jon ...
by arizonajon
Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:20 am
Forum: Beta
Topic: Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe
Replies: 9
Views: 14354

Vistumbler v10.6.4 Beta 1 - No More Admin Requirement for Vistumbler.exe

Good morning Andrew - Yesterday, I upgraded to the new version of Vistumbler on my work laptop. I also left it running here in my hotel room (one of those hotels where the rooms look into the lobby/atrium and see all the other rooms and the activities far below). I was collecting an incredible numbe...
by arizonajon
Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:03 pm
Forum: Share Scan Results
Topic: Made my first million in Vegas
Replies: 1
Views: 6356

Made my first million in Vegas

I know, it sounds so trite, but I really did make my first million (APS) in Vegas. And now I'm headed home and maybe I'll get another couple thousand.
by arizonajon
Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:28 pm
Forum: General
Topic: War driving contest
Replies: 82
Views: 498592

War driving contest

Who's the new wardriver Kraethus in suburban Chicagoland? Well, maybe war-walker is more like it, as all the APs are grouped into what looks like two groups centered on houses next to one another. Here's hope that we'll see more APs from Chicago soon!

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: General
Topic: MAC addresses not showing
Replies: 14
Views: 35200

MAC addresses not showing

Another alternative is to run NetStumbler in XP and then export the files to Vistumbler. It's not as nice (by far) but it does work fine so long as NetStumbler recognizes the Wi-Fi card.

Cheers - Jon N7UV
by arizonajon
Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:52 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: L/L stamping with APs.
Replies: 3
Views: 8471

L/L stamping with APs.

What Andrew said. Vistumbler doesn't "know" where the AP is, Vistumbler only knows where the GPS connected to the PC running Vistumbler is. So all estimates of AP position are really where the GPS position is. A neat thing about WiFiDB (the database that processes the Vistumbler log files)...
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:05 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

tried it as well on the mobile PC, but since I accidentally clicked "send to MS", it closes before I can get to it to dump.
by arizonajon
Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:40 pm
Forum: General
Topic: WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader
Replies: 34
Views: 41276

WiFiDB C# Client and Up-Loader

Could be challenging. The program runs only a few seconds before crashing. Let's see.

Ok, I was able to do a dump but it's 98 MB in size, and 43 MB zipped. Seems kind of large...

Do you have a way for me to transfer a 43 MB file to you?