[RLUG] Second wireless hacking event

[Sebastian Smith]

> Grant and I were looking at doing something like that for CS 432 (I think,
> Egberts networking class) from my his house down to mine. The dishes are
> pretty easy to come by, so I think that it would be easy to do. There is
> also the Pringle can antenna set up to do which is easier to get parts.
>

Check out the comparison of that antenna with a Pringles cantenna:
http://www.trevormarshall.com/lapierre.htm

It's not terribly scientific, but the results are dramatic.

> It would be sweet to do some software that has auto control. You would
> almost have to use GPS but essentially make the antenna follow you as you
> move around based off of data that you send back to some embedded controller
> in the dish control.
>

This is definately one of the applications I was thinking (I may be able 
to get funding for this since it directly correlates with my research).

Another application I was thinking was to use the antenna like radar for 
finding APs -- rotate the antenna, and record the orientation for 
different APs.  If we used this in conjunction with at least one more 
actuated antenna, and GPS or a compass -- if they are of similar height 
relative to each other -- we could try to triangulate the location of APs.

- Sebastian