Re: Wardriving with Yagi Antennas

Terry,

Yahi's are good for directional wireless signal such as shooting through narrow spots (such as an elevator). They are not meant for war driving. I perform wireless audits often and it really depends on the scope of the audit, but do you really need a powerful wireless directional antenna for the wardrive? In my case, I don't care if there is a weak signal 10 miles away from me from some home user's access point. I also would have to spend a great deal of time just finding the signals due to directionality.

On the other hand, if you are doing a pen test into the wireless infrastructure and you want to do it so no one knows about it, the investment into a yagi may be worthwhile. It depends on the circumstance, what you are authorized to perform, and what the low handing fruit is.

Good luck,

Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Cutler <jedi31337@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Oct 20, 2007 11:18 AM
To: pen-test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Wardriving with Yagi Antennas

hi guys hope your weekend is good so far. Does anyone have any
experience with teh Yagi Antenna booster ? They claim it can boost up
to 10 miles. Just wonder if anyone has used it while wardriving. Maybe
there's a better antenna you'd recommend ?

Thanks in advance !

--
./Terry Cutler
Master CNE , CDE, CLP, Certified Ethical Hacker

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