Pretty sure it was no ad hoc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Rogato Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 6:08 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC type
Right, but do they have their units in ad hoc mode shouting out that essid? I see HP setup quite abit and that is in ad hoc mode. Naturally thats an HP printer waiting to get set up. George Rick Smith wrote: > no, mikrotik in this case, doing a 'scan' on the interface...shows > their ssid's in their trucks... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of George Rogato > Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 5:05 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC > type > > ad hoc mode? > > Rick Smith wrote: >> nod, a scan on the AP shows them... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Ralph >> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:23 PM >> To: 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: RE: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC >> type >> >> If they still operate as before, you shouldn't see them unless you >> set your tower as a client/cpe. I have never seen them do anything >> with an AP, other than BE one. Dis you know that was what the >> SST-PR-1 was > before? >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Rick Smith >> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:35 PM >> To: 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: RE: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC >> type >> >> yeah I can see 10 - 12 of them at any time off one of my towers. >> I'm 1/2 mile from a sears garage where they repair those vans... >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Ralph >> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 11:11 PM >> To: 'WISPA General List' >> Subject: [WISPA] More Saturday Musings- Another (older) Truck-PC type >> >> Hi Matt- >> >> Back in my old Net-Stumbler days (back when you could drive across >> Atlanta and see less than 20 Access Points, and 2 were my own), the > "experimenters" >> of the day became perplexed by this SSID that kept popping up at >> random times. It was an Access Point named "SST-PR-1" The first >> time I saw it, I was in my basement and I knew full well what I could >> normally receive down there. >> >> There were all kinds of theories: an AP on a low earth orbit >> satellite, something on a passing vehicle, some sort of temporary >> SSID on > a piece of >> gear that just showed up right at bootup, etc. Googling for SST-PR-1 > might >> actually turn up some of the old discussions about it. >> >> Anyway- I started seeing it a lot in the evenings after they built >> some apartments behind me. I sent my son over there on his bike with >> a camera to do some investigating. He soon found a Sears Service >> truck (the ones with the small Globalstar dish on top like you see on >> many semis) parked in front of an apartment. He went back with a >> laptop and traced the signal to this van. So we had it figured out- >> Sears > truck. >> A few days later, my son saw the driver coming home for the evening >> and the driver gave him the dog and pony show of the truck computer. >> It is linked to Sears parts database via satellite. The SST-PR-1 is >> the SSID of an integral access point that allows the driver to use a >> laptop from inside the customer's home to check on parts, see service >> manuals, etc. The SST stands for "Sears Smart Toolbox". >> >> I once told a friend about it and he set up a laptop to warn him when >> the Sears guy entered the neighborhood on his way to fix their >> refrigerator. An "early warning" system of sorts. >> >> So, the big SST-PR-1 mystery was finally solved by a 12 year old kid! >> >> Ralph >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Matt Larsen - Lists >> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:16 AM >> To: WISPA General List >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] TRUCKPC >> >> AHA!!!! >> >> I've been wondering where the hell that TruckPC request has been >> coming from!!!!!! >> >> Occasionally, I have techs who have left the radius authentication >> disabled on an access point and the dhcp logs will start to fill up >> with requests from "TruckPC". They were coming from access points >> all > over >> the place and I was a little perplexed. It is interesting to watch our >> radius logs too. I have one AP overlooking a little town of 200 >> people, but it is right next to an interstate and the radius log from >> that AP is always showing logins. Must be all the trucker laptops >> whizzing by looking for an open AP. >> >> I've been toying with the idea of turning on hotspot functionality so >> that we can provide transient access, and this is probably a good >> reason to do it. >> >> Matt Larsen >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Ralph wrote: >>> Well, JohnnyO- you might want to also educate these people, then: >>> http://www.drivertech.com/ >>> >>> Their product, a "Truckpc" is being installed in many fleet vehicles. >>> One fleet that comes to mind is US Express, a long haul package >>> hauling >> service >>> http://www.usxpress.com/ The device communicates back to the office via >>> Satellite, Cellular, or WiFi- whichever is available and cheaper. >>> According to the manufacturer, it can hunt down open and unsecured >>> access points and do your "HIGHLY illegal" act of connecting and >>> sending its data whenever it can. >>> >>> I'm not endorsing this behavior, of course, but I wanted to bring it >>> to the attention of the list. >>> >>> How do I know? My WISP operates hotspot portals that allow casual users >> to >>> make use of our mountain and tower-top sectors of WiFi. These cover >>> major portions of several towns. These towns have a major >>> Interstate route passing through them. I began noticing numerous >>> TRUCKPC leases being granted by the DHCP servers in these towns. I >>> became concerned about what they were, so I did a little internet >>> research and ended up on the phone with technical support at >>> Drivertech. This is who confirmed how these devices operate and who >>> the probable fleet culprit >> was. >>> If anyone has portals near major truck routes, check your DHCP logs >>> and see if you see the TRUCKPC SSID grabbing leases. You may want to >>> either block it or contact these folks and work out a "roaming > agreement". >>> >>> >>> Serious part over, joke follows: >>> >>> This message brought to you by the World's largest free wireless >>> internet provider. Look for our SSID wherever you go: Linksys. >>> >>> Ralph >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf Of JohnnyO >>> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 5:35 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'WISPA General List' >>> Subject: RE: [WISPA] recommendation for Client POE integrated radio >>> for802.11b/g >>> >>> Brian - Ham Operator or not - do you realize that what you're >>> planning on doing is HIGHLY illegal and has several people over the >>> past 2 yrs in Federal Prison as we speak ? >>> >>> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > -- > George Rogato > > Welcome to WISPA > > www.wispa.org > > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- George Rogato Welcome to WISPA www.wispa.org http://signup.wispa.org/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
