This is not a novel idea, but your torso attenuates enough signal to make a good "opposite" directional antenna. Hold the device close to your chest and do a slow 360.
Rand Rand P. Hall Director, Network Services askIT! Merrimack College 978-837-3532 rand.h...@merrimack.edu If I had an hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and five minutes finding solutions. – Einstein On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 8:54 PM Letts, Richard J <rle...@purdue.edu> wrote: > FYI > > > > In order for an application to do WIFI scanning in Android 10 You have to > turn on Location Permissions > > Specific details here: > > https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/wifi-scan > > > > > > (I use Wifi analyser on android 10. It works OK, but it’s not a quality > tool for locating rogues. Something with a directional antenna would do a > lot better) > > > > > > Richard Letts > > > > *From:* The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Community Group Listserv < > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> *On Behalf Of *Walter Reynolds > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 8, 2020 3:20 PM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Android Rogue Hunting App > > > > > It looks like it was started in Android 9 but there is supposed to be a > toggle in Developer options called "Wi-Fi scan throttling" to disable it > on Android 10. > > > > So ignore the man behind the curtain. > > ------------------------ > > Walter Reynolds > Network Architect > Information and Technology Services > University of Michigan > (734) 615-9438 > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 3:05 PM Walter Reynolds <wa...@umich.edu> wrote: > > I will try to find the reference, but I think Android changes are > preventing use of tools like this starting with Android 10 > > > > ------------------------ > > Walter Reynolds > Network Architect > Information and Technology Services > University of Michigan > (734) 615-9438 > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 2:06 PM Gray, Sean <sean.gr...@uleth.ca> wrote: > > Happy New Year to all you happy wi-fi people! > > > > Does anyone have any Android software products they recommend for Rogue > hunting? Unfortunately Ekahau Mobile Survey (EMS) has been canned, so we > are looking for alternatives to put to use on an Android tablet. Ideally it > should be something simple to use, that allows non-technical users to > quickly narrow down the location of rogues. > > > > Thanks > > > > Sean > > > > *Sean Gray* | B.Sc (Hons) > > Voice, Collaboration & Wireless Network Analyst > > ITS, University of Lethbridge > > > > ********** > Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire > community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the > message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. > Additional participation and subscription information can be found at > https://www.educause.edu/community > > ********** > Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire > community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the > message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. > Additional participation and subscription information can be found at > https://www.educause.edu/community > > ********** > Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire > community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the > message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. > Additional participation and subscription information can be found at > https://www.educause.edu/community > ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
