Hey sonicSam. Sorry, woulda replyed, but I got called into work since I live closest and people were skiving.
I did consider using the live member pages, but didn't for various reasons. For a start I don't really wanna access a web page periodically, and also I wouldn't have a clue about cookies.
I know this method isn't the best, since xniff seems to drop packets sometimes, and theres no way to enable/disable (yet) but it seemed to work. Of course, I know that xniff doesn't work for everyone as well, so I'm really hoping to discover something.
Hopefully time will tell.
Soon.