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The Wireless Backpack Repeater

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'm-to-sexy-for-my-backpack dept.

Andy Laurence writes "So, you've decided to do a webcast around the streets of Bristol, but your puny wireless NIC isn't up to it? You need the ultimate wireless repeater! Built from an old backpack, a lead acid battery, a Linksys wireless device, and a rather scary antenna, this wireless repeater will get you webcasting from over a mile away." You'd definitely burn extra calories hiking with that thing.

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  1. Addendum by omarius · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...and cancer! Don't forget about the cancer!

  2. uh oh, Linksys Router by reidhoch · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "A Linksys WRT54G wireless router is attached in the middle"

    Isnt that the same router that was reported earlier today to pretty much be wide open?

  3. cool....but by MoFoQ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    if he wasn't using a hacked firmware on it, it would be vulnerable to various exploits (as just /.'ed).

    One mod to that backpack might be solar panels so it can be self-sustaining.