tetsujin29 Posted September 28, 2008 Report Share Posted September 28, 2008 Hi, I just set up a wireless network using my Mandriva machine as the main wireless access point. Is there a software similar to Airsnare for Windows that can allow me monitor the traffic and security on this network? Can I configure the wireless network (i.e. change master password etc) in Mandriva w/o installing the netgear CD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theYinYeti Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 As nobody answers, it may be that most are in my situation: What is Airsnare? What features are you interested in? Not that I know any Wifi tool, but it may help others help you :) Yves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 1, 2008 Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) I guess he means "AirSnort". If you googled it a bit, you'd surely find out that AirSnort actually was first introduced under Linux. More than that, it's effectively a dead project since more than three years ago. A more modern/up-to-date tool is Aircrack-ng which is updated regularly. Edited October 1, 2008 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetsujin29 Posted October 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2008 AIrsnare is a wireless network intrusion software for windows that can alert the user to unfriendly MAC addresses. I wanted to know if there is an equivalent desktop tool for mandriva. However I can monitor MAC addresses by using the router web interface - it's just more cumbersome sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted October 2, 2008 Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Airsnare and airsnort/aircrack-ng are completely different. Airsnort/Aircrack-ng is not the equivalent of airsnare. Airsnare is an intrusion detection tool to see if any unfriendly mac addresses are using your wireless access point. Airsnort/Aircrack-ng is a cracking utility to capture packets and gain access to an access point using WEP. I found that out with a quick google and visiting the airsnare website to read it, as well as the airsnort and aircrack-ng websites and compared that they are NOT the same. This google search: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...earch&meta= shows that wIDZ and wIDS are simple Linux equivalents, or if you want more features, then you want snort or kismet. taken from this link: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp...&seqNum=148 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetsujin29 Posted October 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2008 Thanks Ian. Good comments as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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