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The Wireless Wardriving Rig 252

Posted by michael from the toys-for-grownups dept.
An anonymous reader writes "If James Bond was into wireless hacking, this would be his rig."
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The Wireless Wardriving Rig

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  • why isn't the GPS plugged into the computer? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:53PM (#6652352)
    How are you supposed to fugure out where the connectivity is? By looking at the GPS?
  • It should read: "If James Bond were into wardriving..."

    • Thank you. (Score:5, Insightful)

      by SubjunctiveSam ( 669606 ) on Saturday August 09, 2003 @12:36AM (#6653038) Journal
      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.

      • Re:Thank you. (Score:4, Funny)

        by digitalsushi ( 137809 ) * <slashdot@digitalsushi.com> on Saturday August 09, 2003 @08:30AM (#6653997) Journal
        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.
      • Ah the joys of a grammer Natzi. OK now that I got the flame bit over.

        Realy why my own grammer is horid it's one thing to have issues in general grammer it's entirly another thing to take slag and submit it as english. I would think it's the same problem ebonics, people become to used to slang and consider it part of the general language. Now granted I did once here that if something appeared in print a few times it was considered a valid word in the english language, persoanly I have allways dispised th

    • Re:Proper use of subjunctive! (Score:4, Informative)

      by netsharc ( 195805 ) on Saturday August 09, 2003 @02:43AM (#6653335)
      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. :)

  • Luckily... (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:53PM (#6652358)
    Bond is not a pathetic loser
  • Comment removed based on user account deletion

  • James Bond? no way. (Score:5, Funny)

    by OS24Ever ( 245667 ) * <trekkie@nomorestars.com> on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:55PM (#6652367) Homepage Journal
    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. :)

    • Finally (Score:5, Funny)

      by Omkar ( 618823 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:23PM (#6652514) Homepage Journal
      We have a highly-regarded, modded-up post that misspells the word 'not'.
    • If James Bond had this he'd find there are very few wireless hotspots in England to use it..... BTW it's not knot it's not.

      • Re:James Bond? no way. (Score:3, Interesting)

        by mikeb ( 6025 )
        I have found plenty of wireless hotspots, though admittedly not official. A very pleasant place to sit and read email is in the Pret a Manger cafe at the north end of Carnaby street in London. There are several unencrypted networks accessible there that will happily hand out a DHCP lease.

        Interestingly, running Kismet I was initally confused by the networks that kept popping up only to disappear again, till I realised that they are the London buses broadcasting their location and the route that they are on,
    • You're right. I think James bond would have something along the lines of this, [circuitcity.com] only 5 times smaller and equipped with a built-in single-shot pistol and one button on the side that "hacks" the wireless network for him.
    • And, of course, Q wouldn't spend $350 to get a cheap-looking black plastic case when you could get a nice respectable leather one for a fraction of the price.

  • The website (Score:5, Funny)

    by coolfrood ( 459411 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:55PM (#6652369) Homepage
    A website that goes by the name of penix.org? That just seems *wrong* somehow? :-)

  • Slashdotted already? (Score:5, Funny)

    by MalleusEBHC ( 597600 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:56PM (#6652378)
    It appears the site is slashdotted already, so I figure this mirror [apple.com] should work fine.

  • James Bond (Score:3, Funny)

    by 56ker ( 566853 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:57PM (#6652388) Homepage Journal
    If James Bond had this he'd find there are very few wireless hotspots in England to use it..... BTW it's not knot it's not.

  • bond. (Score:5, Funny)

    by joFFeman ( 574971 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:59PM (#6652403) Homepage
    if james bond were into wardriving, he could forget about bedding any more Bond girls.
    • No...if James Bond were into wardriving, a lot more Bond girls would be computer nerds with an expertise in War Driving. Similarly, if there were more Bond girls into War Driving, James Bond would be more interested in it.

      I'd pay $8 to see that movie.
    • wardriving or babes...
      that is a hard decision for some slashdoters. ;)
  • No content! I suppose if I could see the page it might be more interesting...


    Guess I just have to wait for it to be un-/.-ed...

    ::clicks link impatiently::

  • no not the drill! (Score:4, Informative)

    by KMAPSRULE ( 639889 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @09:59PM (#6652414)
    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.

  • Fnord (Score:3, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:01PM (#6652420)
    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.

  • /.ed (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:06PM (#6652446)
    Looks like SPECTRE agents have already compromised the server, Commander Bond.

  • whois (Score:5, Funny)

    by dtfinch ( 661405 ) * on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:12PM (#6652470) Journal
    If you check the domain's whois record, the administrative contact's fax number ends with 007.

  • (partial) mirror (Score:5, Informative)

    by coolfrood ( 459411 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:12PM (#6652476) Homepage
    Here: Mirror [sunysb.edu]

  • if bond had a webserver... (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    He'd need a beowulf of E10Ks

  • Wireless and Driving? Nah... (Score:3, Funny)

    by WwWonka ( 545303 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:37PM (#6652582)
    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!"

    • Re:Wireless and Driving? Nah... (Score:5, Funny)

      by glenebob ( 414078 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @11:57PM (#6652895)
      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?

      • Re:Wireless and Driving? Nah... (Score:4, Informative)

        by golgotha007 ( 62687 ) on Saturday August 09, 2003 @04:48AM (#6653610)
        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? [world-of-movies.com]

  • what if (Score:5, Funny)

    by riotstarter ( 650328 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:42PM (#6652597)
    Mcguyver was into wireless wardriving?

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

    • Re:what if (Score:3, Funny)

      by glenebob ( 414078 )
      What the hell would he need the battery for? He's not some sort of beginner!
    • I remember an episode when Spock was frustrated by the bearskins and bone knife technology of the mid 20th century?

      And didn't he once fabricate a laser from a crystal in his arm, and using a piece of steel from his prison bed with something from the cell light, to burn through the lock on their cell? Sorry, that was like a hundred years ago, to my dog anyway.

      -cp-

  • Case. (Score:3, Informative)

    by LothDaddy ( 169765 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:42PM (#6652599)
    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."
    • Yeah, gee, and much funnier than the crack about throwing the 18 volt drill away, too...
    • Yup, $15. I built my computer into one. Chopped out a side, mounted the mobo tray in it (had to cut it out of an old ATX case with a jigsaw). Cut holes in the other side for drives and power supply. It isn't nearly as sturdy as that case he is using there though. The $15 aluminum case you are referring to actually is just thin aluminum over plywood. Thin plywood at that. The aluminum is just for looks, not stability.
    • Yeah, and they COME with the cool foam. I used one for a computer case once.
  • You'd think that Q could figure out how to make a better case than just raping one from a drill set.

  • What a dumbass (Score:4, Funny)

    by phillymjs ( 234426 ) <slashdot@sta[ ].org ['ngo' in gap]> on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:51PM (#6652641) Homepage Journal
    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, [aluminumluggage.com] which seems a lot more like James Bond gear than a freakin' DeWalt drill case.

    ~Philly
  • Slashdotted on a Saturday night? Nahhhh... ;)

  • Bad I know... (Score:3, Funny)

    by ThePatrioticFuck ( 640185 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @10:54PM (#6652657)
    [WWWBond] You expect me to tell everything to Slashdot? [Blofeld] No Mr. Bond, I expect your website to die!
  • Comment removed based on user account deletion

  • Mirror (Score:1, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    In case the site (or routes to the site) get slashdotted. Here [martin-studio.com] is a mirror.

    --
    Martin Studio Slashdot Effect Mirror Policy [martin-studio.com]
    • I find it amazing that a webhosting server has a policy for slashdots! Quick, lets post a link to microsoft's front page! :)
  • Q might have devised a clever little device that wouldn't be smoking in ashes when the old boys at slashdot fancy a vidi.
  • Has he tried taking that through airport security yet?

  • James Bond? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by evilviper ( 135110 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @11:12PM (#6652729) Journal
    Geez... Think of something better guys... James Bond is nothing but a scrawny english male model these days.

    You'd think they'd cast someone who looks like he could at least throw a punch... What they hell, just a few more big Hollywood movies I can't stand to sit through, not like this is the first, or even in the minority these days.
    • James Bond doesn't need to be a guy who "looks like he could at least throw a punch". His character is that of a clever spy who gets by with his cunning use of cool gadgets, wit, and charm (with the ladies). Don't get me wrong, the last few have sucked, but I think that's more the fault of the writers than the casting of Pierce Brosnan. He fits the role well.

      On that note, I doubt James bond would ever carry anything as unstylish plastic drill case (however "covert" this may be). If this guy had the money t
      • His character is that of a clever spy who gets by with his cunning use of cool gadgets, wit, and charm

        Indeed that is part of his character, but every James Bond movie made has him in hand-to-hand combat with many military-type people.

        If your description was his character, it would be well cast. However, it is not.

      • Re:James Bond? (Score:2, Insightful)

        by iainr ( 43602 )
        Well, that's the character that's been built up over about 40 years of movies. Flemings original character from the books and the first few films was of a hard professional killer. The gadgets came with the films and the corny lines largely came with Roger Moore.
        • Actually Timothy Dalton's hardcore, ruthless, street-tough rendition of James Bond was the one that fit more closely with Ian Fleming's original concept. However, people missed the campy, witty Bond so Pierce Brosnan is better regarded than Timothy Dalton by most Bond fans.

          I certainly think that Brosnan is way better than Roger Moore's Bond, and pretty close to Connery's prototype movie Bond. Agreed, the series needs better writers.

          One element of progress: Bond Girls are getting better. From the original
    • like vin deisel?

  • Mirror (Score:4, Informative)

    by markclong ( 575822 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @11:12PM (#6652730)
    A complete mirror here [slushdot.org]. Includes the images linked off the page at the bottom. Have at it.

  • Ok, fine (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Kalewa ( 561267 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @11:13PM (#6652737)
    I see your rig and raise you this [eliforpresident.com].

  • Seriosly people (Score:3, Insightful)

    by dJCL ( 183345 ) on Friday August 08, 2003 @11:20PM (#6652765) Homepage
    I know some people like to setup some weird things to go out wardriving, but this is overkill. I have a wardriving setup, it uses an iPAQ handheld, with a single pccard wireless(Prism based) card and GPS throu the serial adapter... The thing fits in my pocket to keep it hidden, plays a chime every time it finds a new network, logs the locations in a standard log format and plays mp3's to keep me happy while I wander around downtown(I hate government towns, too many locked down nets... but wandering my apartment is easy to find free bandwidth, heh)... Sorry, but in a government town, I would be suspicious of anyone, even a lone construction worker wandering around the whole area with a Dewalt case! Sorta beggin for a officer to ask what it is...

    Anyway
  • Nope, a $350 "Professional Expenses Tax Deduction" !

    Then again, if they say not to consult Slashdot for legal advice, this probably isn't the best forum for creative suggestions on federal tax forms.

  • would be James Bond. [supersnail.com]
  • If James Bond does wireless war driving, Wile E. Coyote must do the wired kind.

  • James Bond (Score:3, Funny)

    by tmark ( 230091 ) on Saturday August 09, 2003 @12:51AM (#6653084)
    If James Bond were a wireless hacker, there would be no Pussy Galore.
  • I put my notebook in my backpack, plugged an earpiece into the headphone jack and walked 10 blocks down the beach. I found about 15 networks, mostly near high-rise condos.

    It might not be exactly James Bond, but I didn't need to buy a bunch of stuff to do it and it was still very inconspicuous.

  • True Story (Score:3, Funny)

    by ellem ( 147712 ) * <ellem52NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Saturday August 09, 2003 @09:36AM (#6654273) Homepage Journal
    Got a new IBM Think Pad for work the other day, comes with 802.11b built in. Decided to test out a new VPN client and realized I had "tone" on the wireless. So I checked out how many points I could connect to. Not surprisingly on 7th Ave in NYC there were a lot of point to choose from, and all were unsecured. So I picked on and began working out the kinks of the new VPN Client software.

    About and hour later I am working (though the VPN) with my feet up and the laptop on my lap when i notice some people gesticulating wildly at their window pointing at me! I open my window (5th sotry) and they are yelling at me to get off their network!

    I just closed my shade.
  • I have Enterasys cards which are supposedly rebranded Oronoco silvers. With Netstumbler, it seems to stop responding to new APs whilst wardriving. Any ideas? What is the best wardriving card to get, SMC?

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