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Hot-Rodding A Bluetooth Adapter
carbolic writes "Remember the Bluetooth records where we 'modded an adapter' and connected to a cell phone first from 1 kilometer, then from 1 mile away? Popular Science has the hack in the November issue (or online now) with instructions. Additional step-by-step is laid out here for USB, and and here for PCMCIA. Soldering is required, but come on - you can't be a true geek without learning to solder."
You mean like this hack?
Even more frightening than programmers with screwdrivers.
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you can't be a true geek without learning to solder.
The bigger the glob, the better the job!
Basic soldering tips.
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So now we have to walk a full mile to knock that Bluetooth spammer out?
Great hack..
What is NOT useful about extending what could be the best cross-everything wireless technology so far beyond its retail limits?
Unless the people who say that EMFs and very high and very low frequency radio waves can kill you are right, I think this is great!
I'll just wear a lead apron until they tell me one way or the other....
Thing about soldering, I just KNOW that the joint is bad if I've not scarred myself. At some point during the process, I have to touch skin to hot bit to make my pain sacrifice to the gods of solder. Once this suffering is endured, I know that it'll work. If no pain, no joint, and I'll have to redo it until I'm scarred from the experience.
Waiting for an amusing sig.
OK, I don't know what scares me more:
The fact that these guys are using what looks like their kid brother's woodburning kit as a soldering iron (just look at the size of this thing compared to the size of the pad they are working on), the fact that they didn't prepare the coax (tin the leads) BEFORE they put it into place, or the fact that they are blithly ignoring the part 15 regs which DO NOT ALLOW an external antenna to be installed on a device like this.
Oh, let us not forget that the cable they are using is not rated for the Bluetooth frequency range, and will have a pretty significant attenuation at those frequencies, that the connectors they are using will not have a good impedance match at Bluetooth frequencies...
www.eFax.com are spammers
I was struggling to think of a practical application for this so I came up with an evil one instead.
Step 1: Fit USB Bluetooth Adapter to victim's PC
Step 2: Sneak up to one mile away
Step 3: Use Bluetooth mouse/keyboard to control them
Of course, from practical jokes comes food for thought of serious security implications.
Have a look at AtStake's Ollie Whitehouse's presentation on Bluetooth insecurities and be extra afraid that you can't look around the room for the attacker any more.
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Where does the "Type R" sticker go? What part of the Bluetooth adapter gets the "VTEK" logo? Does it use a giant aluminum wing to get extra range?
Who cares about soldering? These are the details that we need to know.
You seem to have confused nerds with geeks. That's okay. Common mistake.
-Peter
PS: You're right about Radio Shack, though. They're too focused on cell phones and cheap RC cars these days. It's Fistell's for Denver geeks.
-Peter
Playing games and masturbating doesn't make you a geek.
The willingness to experiment with technology makes you a geek. That may involve learning to code, to solder, or to work metal.
Predictive text is shiv!
I thought WTF happened to the once calm, collected, slashdot geeks, ones who only goe to war if it is a Flame War.
Maybe, Bill has pissed them off one too many times. Now that the assualt weapons ban has lapsed - THEY ARE TAKING UP ARMS NOW.
No kidding on that soldering iron. I'm surprised he didn't just destroy the whole board immediately. He should have had a proper chisel tip in the thing at least. Now if he wanted to do an actual good job, he should have had a nice Metcal solder station like this MX500. I've used these things for years and it is impossible for me to ever touch a normal soldering iron again. Just make sure to keep the tips nice and clean.
Fantastic. You've just invented a brilliant 802.11b and g jamming device. This thing should prevent the use of WLANs within a fairly significant radius. Although it uses FHSS, it will appear as all band noise to a DSSS system like the 802.11 2.4GHz devices. Why do you think there are already workplaces with "No Bluetooth Allowed"? And thats just for the short range bluetooth devices. Boosting the power on one of those things just aint clever.
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LMR-100 *is* microwave cable, and N connectors are suitable for microwave.