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Re: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements
From: "Andrew A. Vladimirov" <mlists () arhont com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 04:02:36 +0100
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you mean you want them holding this ?? http://zapchecker.com/rf_signal.html
How about these: http://www.xlmicrowave.com/analyze-r.htm http://www.bkprecision.com/www/np_feat.asp?m=2650 http://green.advantest.co.jp/eprise/main/home/English/Page/Product/Detail/Product_U3641_U3641N_E?grp=p http://green.advantest.co.jp/eprise/main/home/English/Page/Product/Detail/Product_U3661_E?grp=p http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=27&model=S100C%2C+S300C%2C+S800C+Series http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=28&model=S200C+Series http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=145&model=MS2711D http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=29&model=MS2711B http://www.cms.rohde-schwarz.com/live/rs/product/rsdisplay,id,8,nodeid,8,linkobject,products_,model,R%26S%20FSH%20Models,_language,en.html http://www.kandelelectronics.com/categories/FrequencyCounters/FrequencyCounters/ or many from this list: http://www.testequipmenthq.com/applicationsearch.asp?keyword=SMOk, I'm mainly kidding since the majority of these analyzers are far too expensive and often difficult to lift.
The point is that you do need a reasonably sensitive frequency analyzer or at least a counter for site surveying, and that counter should not be restricted to the ISM / UNII bands (mind the harmonics!). So, if you can't afford the big guys, even a Zapchecker can come handy. After all, it has a decent SMA connector you can plug in any antenna you want (could be a tupperware or pringles just as well).
Ok, this may not be directly related to wireless pentesting as many see it, but we consider a decent site survey to be an important prerequisite of a proper wireless pentest (in fact, a prelude to it). Besides it is very useful when performing forensics / incident response on WLANs.
"Network stability and network security are two sides of the same coin." (Dan Kaminskiy)
-- pringles -- one can make or buy .... -- tupperware -- one probably has to make it ... - home made is good and bad, if they can explain why they made it and all the RF antenna design issues that commercial antenna will miss
The main problem with home brew antennas is verifying their parameters (beamwidth, coverage zone shape, gain, VSWR etc) with sufficient precision. Something like
http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=146&model=S331D%2FS332D http://www.eu.anritsu.com/products/default.php?p=25&model=MT8212A comes handy, but then there is again that pesky price problem. Cheers, Andrew -- Dr. Andrew A. Vladimirov CISSP #34081, CWNA, CCNP/CCDP, TIA Linux+ CSO Arhont Ltd - Information Security. Web: http://www.arhont.com http://www.wi-foo.com Tel: +44 (0)870 44 31337 Fax: +44 (0)117 969 0141 GPG: Key ID - 0x1D312310 GPG: Server - gpg.arhont.com
Current thread:
- RE: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Alvin Packard (Jun 11)
- RE: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Rusty Chiles (Jun 14)
- RE: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Alvin Oga (Jun 14)
- Re: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Andrew A. Vladimirov (Jun 15)
- RE: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Alvin Oga (Jun 14)
- RE: antenna - Re: Wireless pentesting requirements Rusty Chiles (Jun 14)