I read on several websites, that some people managed to wire a SD Card (or a MMC) to a Fonera access point. After a little googling, I discover this can be done easily, so I decided to test.. but I run into one issue so I decided to describe the process here.
Here the finished result:
Let’s […]
admin May 18th, 2007
It’s time to get quit ndiswrapper to use something little more open. I decided to test the latest Broadcom bcm43xx driver on my Debian system. This seems to work fine, and is really simple to install (unlike ndiswrapper)
So, first build your kernel > 2.6.17) (I used a 2.6.19) with support for the bcm43xx enabled. “Device […]
admin February 21st, 2007
Here some photos (hi-res) of the Fonera, the Fon routeur. This little box has:
8Mo
Atheros CPU + Wifi
Here you can see the AR2315 CPU from Atheros. One stuff really funny, they decide to use exactly the same layout as the Atheros design (look at the pic closely). You can see the 16Mb Ram on the left. […]
admin January 7th, 2007
I was looking for a atheros mini-pci for a while. I want to remove the broadcom from my laptop. You can find some mini-pci wireless card in special shop, but they’re a little pricey.
A week ago, a friend give me a WG311 (FS version I think). After 1 min, I decide to remove the metal […]
admin November 5th, 2006
Here is my collection of wifi tests.
You will find here a lot of stuffs about:
Access Point (WRT54 and others)
Antennas (mainly homemade)
Cards
Wireless Software (some I wrote ;)
Happy reading ..
admin June 8th, 2006
I already done a AMOS Antenna before but I need to build another one. A bit more robust. I decided to use a N connector, a bit of plumbing.. and here is the result:
This stuff, is quite robust right now ;) .. and still have a great gain.
Please note that there is some new AMOS […]
admin June 5th, 2006
Last week I decided to build a map of the wireless access point in the Town. It is not really easy to find the right tools, so I decided to write this little Howto.
To archive this goal you need severals tools:
Kismet
First install Kismet. You need a wireless card that support RFMon in monitor mode. I […]
admin August 18th, 2005
I spend a little time to write an article on the Brest Wireless website about various hack to add a connector to a PCMCIA, or USB card.
You can find it out here
a PCMCIA:
a USB one:
– Enjoy :)
admin July 22nd, 2005
This is perhaps one of my best homemade antenna.
I found the original design here: http://yu1aw.ba-karlsruhe.de/Amos.pdf
You can find my construction guide on Brest Wireless website at
http://www.brest-wireless.net/wiki/materiel:amos
My conclusion:
First:
Take care of this antenna, I broke the first balun while testing :(
and the balun is the hardest part to do
Tests :
13db of gain
and a really big beam 120° !
the […]
admin July 7th, 2005
While running my access point in public mode, i want to know when people log in. This can be a good way to find intruders too, but not my purpose.
I decided to run arpwatch on my linksys access point, but this is not so easy ..
1) Mail
First you need to have sendmail on the WRT. […]
admin May 12th, 2005