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    Some tool for locating WLAN's

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by relachs, Jul 26, 2006.

  1. relachs

    relachs Notebook Consultant

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    I firstly thought Thinkpad owners can see how many metres they are away from different hotspots. As it turned out when i enlarged the picture, its only the signal strength, huh, makes sense.

    But is there a tool that lets you see where you are, and where the hotspot (the wlan router for example) is?

    Maybe with a 3d-map.
     
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    dont know about 3-D map but may be http://www.wifi411.com/ would help? not so much of a program. i heard that it exists somehwere a small hardware device to assist in locating a hotspot when it is in the near, sort like a locator

    cheers ...
     
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  3. Chutsman

    Chutsman Notebook Evangelist

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    Nearest I could think of is a directional antenna, but then that only gives you the general direction and not the actual spot.
     
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  4. relachs

    relachs Notebook Consultant

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    Hah, no, not really :p

    For example your visiting your grandmother and after your arrival it gets really boring, so you try to find a wlan there (wait!). So after you found a secured / or not secured one, you want to ask the owner if you can use it while your are residenting there. But you don't know where the wlan is located... :)
     
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