Wireless

Currently there is only one website that is at the top and the best place to research wireless networks.

wigle.net (pronounced why-gull)

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What is wigle?

The term war driving can be used here. This is where you drive around and collect data about the networks in your area. This website has done exactly this on a impressively massive scale.

Every purple instance you can see is a wireless network and numbers appear to be countless. You can zoom in and see data on each wireless network. It doesn’t help that much unless you are looking at a specific neighborhood or location. You can type in an address, latitude/longitude, SSID, or MAC Address to find a location.

The most important value is when you go to View -> Advanced Search. You can search a lot of different elements. You can narrow down where and what you are looking for. The data you find may not be current. You can click on map to see the location.

• On an assessment you might get access to a network and see that there is a wireless network attached to it. In this case, you can use wigle.com to try to locate that wireless network.
• If you obtain credentials for the wireless network and can find it’s location, can you use them in any way?
• If you have the name of the SSID, can you use that to find the location?