Re: Alternatives

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 01:44:31PM -0400, Verde Denim wrote:
> Since WinXP with a wireless card precludes using nmap for all but basic
> sweeps, I was wondering if anyone in the group might know
> if using a liveCD of BackTrack or another Linux distro might work?

I should make it clear that all the features of Nmap work with wireless
cards work under Windows, as long as the wireless card is being used as
an Ethernet device. Your setup is different because your wireless card
is being used as a point-to-point device; that's why it shows up with
the name ppp0 instead of eth0 or something like that. Nmap doesn't have
any problem with everyday wi-fi connections.

Using a live CD will work as long as it has drivers for your wireless
card. But you appear to have some kind of custom setup, so I can't say
for sure. What is it, a cell phone modem?

David Fifield

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