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The Wireless Wardriving Rig

An anonymous reader writes "If James Bond was into wireless hacking, this would be his rig."

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  1. why isn't the GPS plugged into the computer? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How are you supposed to fugure out where the connectivity is? By looking at the GPS?

  2. Luckily... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bond is not a pathetic loser

  3. James Bond? no way. by OS24Ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    James would knot have this.

    1) It's not in an Aston Martin

    2) It's a fricken breifcase. he'd just put it in his watch

    3) it requires more than a twist & push of a button.

    So no, this is a geek case, not a james bond one. :)

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  4. The website by coolfrood · · Score: 5, Funny

    A website that goes by the name of penix.org? That just seems *wrong* somehow? :-)

    1. Re:The website by Rellik66 · · Score: 3, Funny

      A website that goes by the name of penix.org? That just seems *wrong* somehow? :-)

      Must be a porno based Linux distribution

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  5. Slashdotted already? by MalleusEBHC · · Score: 5, Funny

    It appears the site is slashdotted already, so I figure this mirror should work fine.

    1. Re:Slashdotted already? by seinman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Your girlfriend is into wardriving? Dude, get off slashdot and marry her.

  6. bond. by joFFeman · · Score: 5, Funny

    if james bond were into wardriving, he could forget about bedding any more Bond girls.

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  7. no not the drill! by KMAPSRULE · · Score: 4, Informative

    From the article:

    Take a drive over to home depot and buy yourself a nice 18v cordless drill (~$350). Bring it home and throw away the drill, charger, instructions, etc. You should be left with a nice hard plastic case.

    oh he's breakin' heart throwng away an 18 volt cordless drill.Man you'd think he'd at least keep the drill for parts.

    here's text as its already /.ed

    Materials:case_closed
    * 1 Toshiba libretto. (or similar sized laptop)
    * 1 GPS receiver.
    * 1 collinear antenna. (www.guerrilla.net)
    * 1 dewalt drill case.
    * 1 sheet 1" plastizote.
    * dallop of contact cement
    * little bit of velcro.
    * a bunch of speedy rivets.
    * 1 1104 box w/ receptacle cover.
    * 1 duplex receptacle.
    * nothing better todo on a weekend

    case open Assembly:

    Take a drive over to home depot and buy yourself a nice 18v cordless drill (~$350). Bring it home and throw away the drill, charger, instructions, etc. You should be left with a nice hard plastic case. Using a sharp knife cut away all the platic baffles leaving only the one compartment on the left side of the case ( its the perfect size for the laptops power supply).

    Now take your plastizote (a very dense closed cell foam) and lay it on a large flat surface, like a table ;). Open the case and make a depression into the material. Quickly cut away the impression that you made and repeat. You will need two inserts for both the top and bottom of the case.

    Glue the first two inserts and install one in each halve of the case. You can then layout and mark your hardware on the other two peices. Using your trusty, very sharp olfa blade cut out the patterns you made and carefully glue and secure in their respective halves.

    To build the antenna follow the instructions on http://www.guerrilla.net. This design can easilly be made sectional by solering pcboard stand-offs onto each of the peices so that they can be threaded together. You can then build your radome in two pieces using a 1/2" TA fitting -> 1/2" threaded coupling scenario. Securely fasten the bottom half (glue) while allowing the upper half to float (make sure it is supported within the tube)

    The receptacle was added so that while driving i can plug the case into my inverter and utilize the extra outlets for the antennas amplifier.

    Technical:

    The laptop is an overclocked (75->100MHz) toshiba libretto 50CT with 32M ram and a 10G HD. It is running FreeBSD 4.8-Stable. Kisemt, and GPSDrive are used for wireless activities. The GPS is a Garmin GPSIII plus.

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  8. Fnord by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Materials:

    * 1 Toshiba libretto. (or similar sized laptop)
    * 1 GPS receiver.
    * 1 collinear antenna. (www.guerrilla.net)
    * 1 dewalt drill case.
    * 1 sheet 1" plastizote.
    * dallop of contact cement
    * little bit of velcro.
    * a bunch of speedy rivets.
    * 1 1104 box w/ receptacle cover.
    * 1 duplex receptacle.
    * nothing better todo on a weekend

    Assembly:

    Take a drive over to home depot and buy yourself a nice 18v cordless drill (~$350). Bring it home and throw away the drill, charger, instructions, etc. You should be left with a nice hard plastic case. Using a sharp knife cut away all the platic baffles leaving only the one compartment on the left side of the case ( its the perfect size for the laptops power supply).

    Now take your plastizote (a very dense closed cell foam) and lay it on a large flat surface, like a table ;). Open the case and make a depression into the material. Quickly cut away the impression that you made and repeat. You will need two inserts for both the top and bottom of the case.

    Glue the first two inserts and install one in each halve of the case. You can then layout and mark your hardware on the other two peices. Using your trusty, very sharp olfa blade cut out the patterns you made and carefully glue and secure in their respective halves.

    To build the antenna follow the instructions on http://www.guerrilla.net. This design can easilly be made sectional by solering pcboard stand-offs onto each of the peices so that they can be threaded together. You can then build your radome in two pieces using a 1/2" TA fitting -> 1/2" threaded coupling scenario. Securely fasten the bottom half (glue) while allowing the upper half to float (make sure it is supported within the tube)

    The receptacle was added so that while driving i can plug the case into my inverter and utilize the extra outlets for the antennas amplifier.

    Technical:

    The laptop is an overclocked (75->100MHz) toshiba libretto 50CT with 32M ram and a 10G HD. It is running FreeBSD 4.8-Stable. Kisemt, and GPSDrive are used for wireless activities. The GPS is a Garmin GPSIII plus.

    1. Re:Fnord by Poeir · · Score: 4, Interesting

      If anyone is planning to do this, you can get the foam here (main site, search for unifoam).

      It's known as computer foam, special in that it's nonconductive and doesn't create electrostatic discharge, which is probably why they chose it for this purpose. You'll find hard drives often encased in it.

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  9. /.ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like SPECTRE agents have already compromised the server, Commander Bond.

  10. GIVE PARENT SENSE OF HUMOR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    please.

  11. whois by dtfinch · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you check the domain's whois record, the administrative contact's fax number ends with 007.

  12. (partial) mirror by coolfrood · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here: Mirror

  13. Finally by Omkar · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have a highly-regarded, modded-up post that misspells the word 'not'.

  14. Re:Look ma! by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny
    I suppose if I could see the page it might be more interesting...

    You would think that, wouldn't you. But it turns out that, unless you like to see crap in a rebuilt plastic tool case, you would be wrong.

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  15. Wireless and Driving? Nah... by WwWonka · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is it just me or does the term "Wireless Wardriving" seem a tad redundant? I mean think about the opposite side of the spectrum, "Cabled Wardriving"?

    "Man, if it wasn't for this damn 7 foot cat5 crossover attached to my 1997 Accord I would be Owninz Ju!"

    1. Re:Wireless and Driving? Nah... by glenebob · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think wardriving is a stupid term. The first time I heard it, I pictured a bunch of college kids in hopped up rice burners (with the performance enhancing belly lights, of course - think "Fast and Furious") tearing down I-5 trying to run each other off the road. So, wireless wardriving... huh? You mean they used to use some sort of wire to run each other off the road, but they became obsolete? I'm confused!

      And what do you call it of you hop from cafe to cafe on foot with a laptop trying to connect to wireless access points? Wireless wardining?

      Hey, if GW talks to Rumsfield on his cell phone, is he wireless warmongering?

    2. Re:Wireless and Driving? Nah... by golgotha007 · · Score: 3, Informative

      wardriving might sound stupid of you're somewhat new to the geek scene, but wardriving is obviously derived from the term 'wardialing' which was a term coined in the early eighties.

      wardialing meant dialing random or sequenced numbers on your modem looking for computer responses, in which you would then 'investigate' further.

      ever see Wargames?

  16. Re:Gosh! by Gherald · · Score: 5, Funny

    They slashdotted my penix!

    You must have low throughput.

  17. what if by riotstarter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mcguyver was into wireless wardriving?

    He'd use a paperclip, a battery, and one LED.

  18. Case. by LothDaddy · · Score: 3, Informative

    The funny thing is, Home Depot sells very nice aluminium cases and other toolbox-type boxes that would suit this purpose much better than:

    "Bring it home and throw away the drill, charger, instructions, etc. You should be left with a nice hard plastic case."

  19. What a dumbass by phillymjs · · Score: 3, Funny

    This guy buys and discards a $350 drill, just to get its carrying case??? I bet when he was a kid, he ignored his toys and played with the boxes they came in.

    For what the dope spent on a wasted drill, he could've got a nice Zero Halliburton aluminum case, which seems a lot more like James Bond gear than a freakin' DeWalt drill case.

    ~Philly

  20. Bad I know... by ThePatrioticFuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    [WWWBond] You expect me to tell everything to Slashdot? [Blofeld] No Mr. Bond, I expect your website to die!

  21. Mirror by markclong · · Score: 4, Informative

    A complete mirror here. Includes the images linked off the page at the bottom. Have at it.

  22. Thank you. by SubjunctiveSam · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you had not already said it, I would have done so myself. Note my name.

    The English subjunctive mood's ailing health is a linguistic tragedy, but it hardly compares to some of the language's other maladies. Email and chatrooms seem to have somehow brought many to the conclusion that punctuation is only needed when ending a sentence with question marks and exclamation points(and that multiples of these marks is acceptable), that the shortest, most common words are the ones that need to be abbreviated, and that emphasis is a proper use for capital letters.

    Teenagers and adolescents are turning in essays in English class containing gibberish like "w/e," "alot," "b4," and "ttyl i g2g." After March of 2005, the SAT I will have an essay section. That will be quite interesting.

    Mutterer, I always find it amazing(amusing?) how clueless people are about their own language. Even after pointing out their error, they fail to recognize it. Whenever I point out a sentence where the subjunctive mood should have been used, there is a high chance of getting a response along the lines of:

    "But James Bond isn't plural!"

    You dolts! Haven't you ever ever even seen the inside of a grammar book? I sometimes wonder.

    1. Re:Thank you. by digitalsushi · · Score: 3, Funny

      The event of which I am most afraid is the day on which I'll submit a job application to a person who will choose a sloppy writer over myself because they'll be better understood.

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  23. Sean Conneryizer!!! by macshune · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, check out I what found earlier in the day!

    The Sean Conneryizer.

  24. Re:Proper use of subjunctive! by netsharc · · Score: 3, Informative

    Looks like the Anti-Grammar-Nazies are pissed off at the language skills of the Grammar-Nazies and are modding the "were"-people off-topic.

    To understand where the "were" come from, you have to learn the language of the real Nazis, i.e. German, from which English is "forked".. in German the subjunctive is "wre" and it's pronounced so close to "were". English simplifies the language, so it's converted the word to "were". In reality the two "were"'s in English aren't exactly the same word. Not that this would have people. :)

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