Homemade EVDO/WiFi Mobile Access Point

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."

Comments

Seems like a good prototype.

[Future Man 3000]

Get the cost down, and this would be an interesting way to integrate per-vehicle information (speed and congestion [via vehicle proximities/GPS]) with map information to get realtime data on the best route to work. Or figure out where the most interesting accidents are happening.

Re:It'll crawl!

[manitoulinnerd]

Oh how broadband has spoiled you.

Once upon a time, before I left home, I had dialup internet. Unfortunatly my ISP was some government funded one so equipment upgrades were not really their thing.

We had a 32Kb/s internet connection. I say we because by brother and I shared this dialup connection over our home network. Now yes it was not speedy but with a good IM to keep you company it was quite useable. Image intensive pages took a little to load but we survived.

Updateing windows and downloading linux ISOs were a problem though. ;)

My point is that for his uses it is good enough. I am sure he is open to suggestions to speed it up though.