Mobile work platform

[streaker69]

Re: Mobile work platform

though I really like the idea of the rc rover but the client would not appreciate that I'm sure (though as a personal project it's piqued my interest, damn you streaker!)

I heard that the company that makes Rovio has all their firmware as Open Source.

Does that pique ya any more?

[afterburn188]

Re: Mobile work platform

Believe me, I'd love to have something like that, but it would be overkill for these sites. It's a large entity wanting to get a grip on all the wireless they have and streamline it so they can get a handle on security. It's not a pentest (yet).

I realize the price and was not suggesting the purchase. Just keep what xor said in mind about borrowing the equipment. Tek enjoys loaning equipment out to names in industry with the hopes that it will get the products name out there. I just am suggesting that if it comes to it you give a representative a call and say you'd like to try it out on a project. We were able to get it because I was looking for something to debug our amateur radio station's interference problem, called them up and asked if the hawk could help in it. We got an email from Tek and had the hawk on loan in a week and was able to find the culprit (ungrounded air conduits). Just something to keep in mind.

I looked at the N800's a while ago and while they are sexy and they would make a great head for a backpack rig, they are notoriously bizarre on the software side and I've heard enough complaints from Dragorn that I'm steering away until they move to a more generic linux distro. They also don't solve the problem of carrying the main laptop and antenna's in such a rig.

The new N810's and upgrade to the N800s have come a long way since the 770 models. Keep an eye on them. I've been able to load everything from Debian, Android, and things like KDE on mine. The new wireless driver that they open sourced recently should support everything up to and including packet injection. My thought was that the laptop in a backpack would be less suspicious than your PVC looking rig. The Nokia may not suite your purposes but I would keep an eye on it. It's maturing quite fast and the amount of utilities running on it plus the addition of a dedicated keyboard make it a nice pocket tool.

[DaKahuna]

Re: Mobile work platform

I have a compac iPAQ with a Cisco Aironet 350 that I use to run Mini-stumbler on for doing surveys. Can hold it in one hand. Omni directional though is the only issue. Not sure if there are any drivers for use with modern cards with directional antenna.