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Posted by Shadow on March 9, 2008, 1:44 pm
Please log in for more thread options an old PC. It is connected to an antenna on top of my roof. There are no ralink software or drivers on that PC. So what does the card do ? Does it transmit its MAC address ? Try to discover other APs around it ? Does it try to get an IP assigned to it ? Does it transmit at all ? Wandering about security issues .... []'s | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by News on March 9, 2008, 1:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options Shadow wrote: Keep wandering. You may stumble onto something. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mark McIntyre on March 9, 2008, 4:52 pm
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> I have a wireless PCI card based on a ralink RT61 chipset in
> an old PC. It is connected to an antenna on top of my roof. There are > no ralink software or drivers on that PC. > > So what does the card do ? Sit there absorbing a small amount of electricity. :-) Without drivers, its doing nothing. However are you /sure/ there are no drivers? If its a Windows PC it may have builtin drivers for the card. In which case it's probably active, trying to find an AP to connect to. > Does it transmit its MAC address ?
If you activate it in infrastructure mode, then it'll periodically send out broadcasts which will contain its MAC. > Wandering about security issues ....
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on March 9, 2008, 4:58 pm
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> I have a wireless PCI card based on a ralink RT61 chipset in
>an old PC. It is connected to an antenna on top of my roof. There are >no ralink software or drivers on that PC. > > So what does the card do ? That sounds like a frequency hopping spread spectrum chip used by Raylink, Symbol, and WebGear cards. It's probably intended to connect to a WISP (wireless internet service provider) that uses that technology. Is it a PCMCIA card that's shoved into a PCI adapter? Something like the tiny photos of the Raylink PCI adapter at: <http://www.raylink.com/pdf/adapter_manual.pdf>
> Does it transmit its MAC address ?
Yes. All wireless bridging does that. > Try to discover other APs around it ?
Nope. > Does it try to get an IP assigned to it ?
Yep. From the WISP's central router and DHCP server. Without a contract, it's not going to happen. > Does it transmit at all ?
Yes. > Wandering about security issues ....
NO internet connection = few security issues. > []'s
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Posted by Shadow on March 11, 2008, 11:59 am
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>> I have a wireless PCI card based on a ralink RT61 chipset in
>>an old PC. It is connected to an antenna on top of my roof. There are >>no ralink software or drivers on that PC. >> >> So what does the card do ? >
>That sounds like a frequency hopping spread spectrum chip used by >Raylink, Symbol, and WebGear cards. It's probably intended to connect >to a WISP (wireless internet service provider) that uses that >technology. Is it a PCMCIA card that's shoved into a PCI adapter? >Something like the tiny photos of the Raylink PCI adapter at: ><http://www.raylink.com/pdf/adapter_manual.pdf> Here it is: http://www.edimax.com/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=1&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=44 >
>> Does it transmit its MAC address ?
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>Yes. All wireless bridging does that. > >> Try to discover other APs around it ?
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>Nope. > >> Does it try to get an IP assigned to it ?
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With drivers it gets an invalid 10.10.10.1 type address from
>Yep. From the WISP's central router and DHCP server. Without a >contract, it's not going to happen. the ISP. Without drivers I can't see it :P Using linux. >
>> Does it transmit at all ?
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>Yes. > >> Wondering about security issues ....
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Like someone might locate the PC by the MAC address, even if I
>NO internet connection = few security issues. unload the drivers. Using a directional antenna, and a netstumbler on a laptop. Something like that. I deduce the answer is yes .... []'s | ||||||||||||||||||||||
>an old PC. It is connected to an antenna on top of my roof. There are
>no ralink software or drivers on that PC.
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> So what does the card do ?
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> Does it transmit its MAC address ?
> Try to discover other APs around it ?
> Does it try to get an IP assigned to it ?
> Does it transmit at all ?
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> Wandering about security issues ....
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