Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Michael Havens
ah it's just that the linux guys haven't seen this as a useful application. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Looks like all the alternatives proposed so far do a poor job of mapping > and most are totally useless for mapping coverage in an office or home >

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Michael Havens
ahhh itg's just that the Linux guys haven't seen this as an usefu :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Looks like all the alternatives proposed so far do a poor job of mapping > and most are totally useless for mapping coverage in an office or home > which was

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Stephen
WiFi analyzer is an awesome tool. Also with virtualbox you can connect a network device directly to your VM. On Jun 19, 2013 8:12 PM, "Lyle Tuttle" wrote: > This "might" be better after looking at the comments...I use it, and it > does not "map", but does tell me what is available and how strong

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Lyle Tuttle
This "might" be better after looking at the comments...I use it, and it does not "map", but does tell me what is available and how strong the signal is, and the SSID: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5mYXJwcm9j

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Dazed_75
Looks like all the alternatives proposed so far do a poor job of mapping and most are totally useless for mapping coverage in an office or home which was the focus for the Windows application originally named. Maybe there is more than one use for Windows after all :) On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:43

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread James Finstrom
looks like this android app does this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hogdex.WifiMapMakerFreeWifi Map maker DISCLAIMER: Haven't tried it. ಠ_ಠ ** On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3:39 PM, James Finstrom < jfinst...@rhinoequipment.com> wrote: > Seems like something easily done in p

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread James Finstrom
Seems like something easily done in python. This does require gps so thinking it would be better as an android app. James Finstrom Rhino Equipment http://rhinoequipment.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment Facebook: http://facebook.com/RhinoEquipment ಠ_ಠ ** On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 3

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Dazed_75
Lisa, I did not try it in WINE. I am just enough of a bigot to look for a pure Linux solution first since I do not have a work project I need to complete. https://github.com/cyberpython/WifiScanAndMap seems to indicate something far from having a polished GUI and looks to be at a significantly l

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Michael Butash
I've been working on a wireless project for months, and looked around for things oss like heatmapping, rtls function, etc, and there's nothing too well baked to use production-wise aside from some half-baked, minimally existing projects on sourceforge. Seems commercial software like Aruba Airw

Re: Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Lisa Kachold
Hey Larry, On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > I ran across this article: > > > http://www.howtogeek.com/165614/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-heatmap-for-network-analysis-better-coverage-and-geek-cred-galore/ > > which shows doing a very nifty wifi map of your space. Unfortunately it > u

Looking for Linux Equivalent Program

2013-06-19 Thread Dazed_75
I ran across this article: http://www.howtogeek.com/165614/how-to-create-a-wi-fi-heatmap-for-network-analysis-better-coverage-and-geek-cred-galore/ which shows doing a very nifty wifi map of your space. Unfortunately it uses a windows only program from Ekahau called HeatMap. I did a little web

Re: laser printer question

2013-06-19 Thread Jon Kettenhofen
I've repaired and refurbished a few old monochrome HP and Apple printers and my experience is this: get the service manual - it's not that hard to do it yourself. Here are some tips: There's a special cleaning and rubber renewing compound that you can get from Amazon and other sites. Use tha

Re: OT Best Way For Safe Internet Surfing/Email While Travelling?

2013-06-19 Thread Sam Kreimeyer
If you are doing the normal Google searches and getting directions, I would not be overly concerned with the security of an AP. However, I would recommend using an ssh tunnel for anything sensitive like email or finance. The Google play store has ssh apps that make it very simple. I like connectbo

Re: OT Best Way For Safe Internet Surfing/Email While Travelling?

2013-06-19 Thread Dazed_75
I've also been wanting to do this for a long time and never seem to get to it. Here are a couple of resources I was intending to use. Note that the howtogeek story includes getting ddwrt installed if you have not already done so. http://www.howtogeek.com/64433/how-to-install-and-configure-openvp

Re: laser printer question

2013-06-19 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Back 20 years or so and we used to fix this by cleaning and oiling the rollers that grab the paper. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > Hmm. All I can say is that I don’t’ recall having that problem with any of > my home laser printers - I’ve had an Apple Laserwriter II, an

Re: OT Best Way For Safe Internet Surfing/Email While Travelling?

2013-06-19 Thread Mark Phillips
Stephen, Thanks for the offer! How about later this afternoon? Mark On Jun 18, 2013 10:21 PM, "Stephen" wrote: > I have been thinking about setting up the openVPN portion of my DDWRT > install also. Maybe we can set up a hangout and hash thought it. > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Joseph