Basically yeah. We are already setting a bunch for them up to act as a active monitoring system [poll the APs, make sure they are alive, grab all data, send it all to a server to analyze it]. Sounds very similar to your system in fact.
The "war driving" part is more of an exercise in mapping our coverage and range. Before I tell boss man to grab one of these GPS systems I want to make sure I have this right: I should be able to connect it via the Serial port on the back of my net4526-20 if the unit says it is serial Thanks On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 15:16 -0500, David Dudley wrote: > War Driving, huh ;-) > > We have a number of the net4801's in the field running kizmet and > NetBSD with a gps device that talks over the internal serial port. > > The gps's were provided by a contractor, and I've never been able to > get a model number from them that I can cross ref. Little card says > 'powered by SiRF' on it, but I never paid it any mind, it just works. > > Units have a Atheros WiFi mini-pci card, and they're always on the > lookout for an AP to attach to. > > Our remote units are installed in some of the City maintenance trucks, > and update a MySQL database on my server here through the network when > they can attach to it, showing where they found access points, and > whatever info that kizmet can grab from them. > > System works great, and is NetBSD based. > > David > > >>> Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/30/2007 3:01 PM >>> > > We are planning to connect a few of them to roving Soekris boxes on > vans > to map the AP coverage on our site to get a better idea were coverage > is. > > > > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 14:54 -0500, RB wrote: > > I've been fantastically happy with my BR355, but it's still the SiRF > > StarIII chipset - no problem for me there. As long as you're using > a > > *BSD or a Linux, GPSd should work fine in your OS of choice, and > > speaks SiRF binary just fine. Even has a SHM output driver for NTP, > > if you plan on using it as a time source. I've never heavily tested > > it's accuracy for timing, but location has been great: the first GPS > > system I've tested that I could get a solid in a commercial aircraft > > without sticking the puck out in the window. > > > > I've got to wonder, though - how much of a driver would it take (if > > any) to recognize a device presenting 3 UARTs over the PCI bus? It > > says they are "16C950" UARTs, which seem to be supported by the > Linux > > & BSD in-kernel drivers. Not being a driver developer, I'm > wondering > > if those wouldn't just be automagically picked up and presented as > > serial devices... Can anyone more familiar with UART handling come > to > > bear on the subject? > > > > > > RB > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech > > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list Soekris-tech@lists.soekris.com http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
