WiMAX Network Scanning Work-in-Progress

I’m in Baltimore this week teaching Ethical Hacking Wireless. We’re having a lot of fun, and since we’re in Baltimore, it’s a good opportunity to spend some time with WiMAX and the Clear (Sprint) network here.

Motorola Clear CPEi-725

I stopped off at Best Buy a few hours ago and picked up a Motorola WiMAX Clear modem (CPEi 725) for US$90. A little while later, I whipped up a tool to use it for scanning WiMAX networks in the area, shown below.

C:\dev>python wimax-scanner.py
BS ID                   RSSI    Sector ID       NAP ID  Freq.
 0x000002012136          -86     0x36            0x02    2.56150 GHz
 0x000002000034          -75     0x34            0x02    2.54150 GHz
 0x0000020000e4          -76     0xe4            0x02    2.54150 GHz

C:\dev>python wimax-scanner.py
BS ID                   RSSI    Sector ID       NAP ID  Freq.
 0x000002011ca5          -85     0xa5            0x02    2.65700 GHz
 0x000002000034          -72     0x34            0x02    2.54150 GHz
 0x000002000014          -84     0x14            0x02    2.56150 GHz
 0x000002000088          -90     0x88            0x02    2.55150 GHz
 0x0000020000e4          -76     0xe4            0x02    2.54150 GHz
 0x000002000094          -86     0x94            0x02    2.65700 GHz
 0x0000020000b2          -87     0xb2            0x02    2.66700 GHz

More to come.

-Josh