Text Box: KNSGEM II Wireless network coverage converter for Google Earth Text Box: KNSGEM converts wifi survey logs produced by Net Stumbler, Kismet and WifiHopper to color coded 3D coverage maps / plots for displaying in Google Earth. Text Box: Screen shot of KNSGEM’s network summary. Network locations are marked with color coded icons, (red=unsecured) (green=secured). Click on any icon and a balloon will open revealing more information about the network. Text Box: This illustrates the approximate coverage area of each network. The fill colors represent the channel and the outline color represent the security settings. Notice Ch 6 (white) is heavily used. Text Box: Here are examples of “averaged” coverage plots which differ from the circular plots that use the max distance recorded to calculate their radius. Text Box: An example of an “averaged” coverage plot with the empirical signal data overlaid. Notice the signal plots are color coded for strength. Text Box: This is an example of a Hull plot which outlines the empirical data. Text Box: An example of a coverage circle using the most distant point to project the radius of coverage. Text Box: Possible uses: See how far your wifi signal is being broadcast. See what channels your neighbors are using to determine if their wifi is affecting yours. Look for dead spots or weak signal areas in you wireless network. KNSGEM2 NEW! Features: Parses native NS1 and Kismet xml, gps files and converts them to true CSV. The new CSV output is compatible with many other programs, such as MS MapPoint and MS Streets & Trips, Excel, Access and many others. GeoClumping, networks are grouped in folders based on their proximity to other nets. Making it much easier to drill down to a specific network in high density areas. KNSGEM2 now uses spherical Trig for all calculations, yielding higher accuracy than previous versions. Empirical signal plots are now available. Four signal classes that are user configurable Color coding 802.11a channels has been added. Numerous bug fixes. Requirements and Use: KNSGEM is pretty simple to use, if you’re already familiar with Wifi surveying and have been using Kismet or Net Stumbler, all you need to do is install KNSGEM. Then drag your NS1 or Kismet log files into KNSGEM’s folder and double click KNSGEM. Once KNSGEM has finished you simply double click on any of the KMLs produced to load them into Google Earth. If you’re not familiar with wifi surveying, I would suggest you check out Net Stumbler’s and Kismet’s websites. Both programs are free and even the hardware is pretty cheap if you already have a notebook or compatible PDA. Basic hardware requirements are a portable computer, GPS receiver and a compatible Wifi adapter.

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 KNSGEM 2

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2.00 04-30-07

Text Box: Reference information: KNSGEM use and configuration doc KNSGEM Bug Report version 2 KNSGEM Blog Links: Net Stumbler and Net Stumbler support forum Kismet Wireless defense NS1kFrac, a NS1 recovery and converter tool IEEE OUI doc Color safe reference Problems: Index