>From: Andy Warner <andyw at pobox.com> >I've (net)stumbled across two strange sets of nodes in the >twin cities metro area: > > 1. Ad-hoc nodes with bizarre MAC addresses, numeric names, > and wide coverage. Examples are: > > Lat Long SSID MAC > 44.9705833 -93.3708333 132137 86:01:20:01:9d:00 > 44.9512333 -93.3479333 132185 3e:02:16:00:72:02 > 44.9662667 -93.2710333 131057 22:00:96:02:12:01 > 44.8284500 -93.2922333 132027 66:03:fa:01:23:03 > 44.8284833 -93.3892167 130171 8e:01:99:02:3c:00 > 44.8886667 -93.3779667 132183 d6:02:07:00:07:00 > 44.9487667 -93.1073 128169 4e:00:95:00:ce:02 > 44.8743167 -93.3282833 131061 be:03:a1:00:93:02 > 44.7465667 -93.2932333 128147 b2:00:bd:01:98:01 > > There's obviously some structure there, but I'll be darned > if I can see it. Attached is a map showing their location > (by "location", I mean the co-ords with the highest S/N > ratio, given the huge coverage some of these nodes.) > > Does anyone have any idea what these might be ? > > 2. "Cablegon" nodes, these include "Cablegon LaSalle" (qty 8 > around LaSalle plaza downtown Mpls), "Cablegon Linden", > "Cablegon South" and "Cablegon River". These all seem > medium coverage nodes. The mac addresses check out as Entrasys > (nee Cabletron.) They all run WEP. > > Assorted searches for "cablegon" turn up the empty > set; again, does anyone have any ideas ? >-- >andyw at pobox.com > >Andy Warner Voice: (612) 801-8549 Fax: (208) 575-5634 ><< map.gif >> Whats interesting is that the MAC addresses in (1) could not be located in the public database....government/military/forged perhaps?. Try this link to lookup MAC address http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml Use the first 3 octets (from left) (00022d -> Agere) Andy: what software are you using for the map? Asim _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.