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Homemade EVDO/WiFi Mobile Access Point

Posted by timothy on from the car-companies-should-pay-him-to-oem-these dept.

Tamundson writes "Over the last few weeks I've built myself a mobile access point for my car. It's based on a Soekris net2421 embedded Linux box and uses Verizon's 1xRTT/EVDO network as its uplink, resharing it over 802.11b. Wherever my car goes, my Internet link goes! :) I finally put some webpages together on how I built it. The components are pretty cheap and anybody with basic Linux skills can build their own just as easily. I've also got it interfacing with Google Maps to do live vehicle tracking via gpsd. It also uploads pictures from an on-board webcam every five minutes or so."

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  1. I rate the usefulness of this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    to be just under that of the iPod shuffle. Good job!

  2. what the fuck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    how fucking gay is this, how fucking gay do you have to be to want to do something like this, geez what a fag

  3. Re:Seems like a good prototype. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    i think that it would be interesting if you killed yourself by shoving a knife up your ass, yeah that would be interesting.

  4. Re:It'll crawl! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What the fuck does "gronk" mean you fucking dork?

  5. Re:It'll crawl! by Unique2 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Gronk

    Why not invest in a dictionary you fscking idiot.

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  6. Re:Why is it... by BostonGunNut · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    They're called trains.