[maemo-users] wardriving tools

[From: Tom Metro]

Tim Teulings wrote:
> If you really only want a tool that beeps if there is an open wireless
> network in reach I could add this feature to WifiInfo...

That'd be terrific.

Ideally a network with a signal strength in excess of some threshold, as 
it seems anything below about 25% signal strength never connects.


> WifiInfo uses the internal wlan daemon for scanning...

I ran across WifiInfo in the repository, and I hadn't realized from the 
short description that it had a scanning feature (which I see mentioned 
in the change log). I thought it only reported on the current, active 
connection. (The description does say, "...about your current WLAN 
connection...")


> This however would only scan for open networks, not for networks that
> [would need to] be hacked (and would do no hacking at all).

Right, that's the desired behavior.


> Note however that rapit scanning will reduce battery life time
> significantly...

I figured that. That's an acceptable tradeoff when you're looking for a 
network.

  -Tom