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Re: Alternatives
From: RB <aoz.syn () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 17:47:12 -0600
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'm a little backwards on this - what functionality is limited in nmap when not working over an ethernet device (excluding the obvious of L2 stuff)?
It's a Verizon wireless card setup. It does have a telephone number associated with it, so my guess is that it is a cell phone modem.
Indeed it is - likely a Sierra Wireless AirCard 5xx series. An inordinately large proportion of cell modems present themselves as a serial device over USB, regardless of connection technology (cardbus, ExpressCard, etc.). They're all treated just like dial-up modems, the only difference is you dial a combination of '#', '*', and a couple of numbers instead of the familiar 7 or 10 digits.
I know that nmap works with a standard wifi because I've used it in Linux (for basic scans only) and it seemed to work fine.
WiFi cards and cell cards are utterly different in implementation: WiFi cards try really hard to present themselves as a modified ethernet interface, whereas cell modems take a completely different (easier?) route and force PPP connections.
I don't know if Linux would even have drivers for this card. It's probably worth a look, since this is my only Internet connection at the moment. But if I can get a linux box up and running, at least I could scan myself and practice with the tool...
It most certainly does; their implementations are so standard you can often tell the generic usbserial driver to associate to a particular vendor & product ID and it'll work even though there are more specific drivers for many cards. However, the card will still be presented as a serial/PPP device instead of the ethernet you may be looking for. _______________________________________________ Sent through the nmap-dev mailing list http://cgi.insecure.org/mailman/listinfo/nmap-dev Archived at http://SecLists.Org
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