At 12:37 PM 2/19/2006 -0500, Rob Kelley (yahoo) wrote:
I'm thinking it would be good to set up a half-dozen PDAs for site
surveying.
I'm wondering if at this point, how far you can go back in PDA history and
still build a manageable netstumbler.
Has anyone been down this road before?
At this point, I think the specs would be:
* Either have an integrated wireless card (unlikely) or support a Compact CF
or SD wireless card
* Support ministumber or some other AP tracking software
* Cost less than $100?
If this doesn't work or is too expensive, it may be a matter of coming up
with some old laptops to serve the same purpose, but I'd like to use PDAs.
Rob
The HP iPaq h5550/h (from 2003, running Windows CE 4.x/PocketPC 2003)
with internal 802.11b works fine with Ministumbler, although I prefer
Wififofum as it is an active project (also free) and presents more
information in a more easily useable display. This iPaq model doesn't have
a built-in GPS, so you'll need to find an SD or CF based GPS (use the
optional CF sleeve for this iPaq series) if you want lat/long values.
Unfortunately this setup is still going to run over $200 (these iPaqs, were
about $500 new).
-hk
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