Alfa AWUSO36H modded on an Asus 1000HE

[Alien]

Hi Hak5-Community,

i saw this nice picture in our gallery: http://hak5.org/forums/index.php?autocom=g...=si&img=252

I want to ask if someone else have tried to something like that? My favourite would be a Alfa AWUSO36H on the backside of my 1000he. Other ideas would be gps or a fon+ on the backside.

Alien

[Seshan]

I just use velcro to stick my card to the back of my Acer aspire one, and I'm waiting for my USB GPS to come, it will join it :D

[Alien]

Thanks for that idea. I will give it a try.

[Alien]

Here is the result of my work. It's pretty nifty and fully supported by aircrack-ng and kismet. Will be fun to drive threw my city and do some wardriving.

[Charles]

What antenna do you have on it?

[c0r]

Yea looks great!how much dbi does it have?

c

[Seshan]

I got my new Alfa AWUS036H so I stuck it beside my Old Alfa and my GPS, I need to get a short cable for the AWUS036H.

http://img.skitch.com/20100124-jsqm7ma9kph...mpkmtahc52r.jpg

[c0r]

Nice!Check wifi link for cables.

c

[Charles]

Is the new one the Black or Grey Alfa?

Also, which GPS are you using?

[Seshan]

Is the new one the Black or Grey Alfa?

Also, which GPS are you using?

The AWUS036H is the grey one and the new one. The GPS is a ND-100 I got it from dealextreme.com

[Charles]

Thanks! What was the black Alfa then? Curious as to what the difference between the two are.

Thanks for the GPS model. It's like 30 bucks.

[Seshan]

Thanks! What was the black Alfa then? Curious as to what the difference between the two are.

Thanks for the GPS model. It's like 30 bucks.

Just a note on the GPS if you want to use it for something like streets and trips you will need a separate program. Read the comments on the dealextreme site.

The black Alfa is a AWUS036E. You can google for the differences.

[Charles]

I'd probably only use the GPS for something like GPSD or google earth.

Thanks for the info!

[Burning Aces]

Seshan what did you use to stick them there?

[Seshan]

Seshan what did you use to stick them there?

Velcro, Like I said in my first post :P

[Whig]

I have Alfa and Nokia Bluetooth GPS on cover of my Asus EEEPC with velcro too =)

[Burning Aces]

Velcro, Like I said in my first post :P

oh, woops missed that then.

how much Velcro was needed?

[Alien]

There is no much velcro needed it actually hold the things really tied to the cover of my eee.

On my picture it was a 9dbi antenna with the AWUS036H 1000mW.

I will also get the new Alfa with WLAN N-draft and 5Ghz capability (AWUS050NH). It will join my first Alfa as well as my gps-stick (thanks for the idea Seshan).

If you need a short USB-cable just get a normal one (I think it's about 1m) and cut out what you don't need and then solder it together.

@Seashan: Are you pleased with your ND-100? Because my Navilock NL-454US is really bad, even my cell phone gets better and faster gps fixes

[Charles]

That antenna is like twice the size of the 5dbi one that I've got. Is there much improvement in signal with the better antenna?

[Seshan]

There is no much velcro needed it actually hold the things really tied to the cover of my eee.

On my picture it was a 9dbi antenna with the AWUS036H 1000mW.

I will also get the new Alfa with WLAN N-draft and 5Ghz capability (AWUS050NH). It will join my first Alfa as well as my gps-stick (thanks for the idea Seshan).

If you need a short USB-cable just get a normal one (I think it's about 1m) and cut out what you don't need and then solder it together.

@Seashan: Are you pleased with your ND-100? Because my Navilock NL-454US is really bad, even my cell phone gets better and faster gps fixes

The AWUS050NH does not work well with back track, just so you know.

The ND-100 has been great for me, it has a fast lock on and it's accurate. You will need some 3rd party software depending on what you want to use it for.

As for velcrow, I got these half inch circles from the dollar store and they work great, these cards are really light and it does not take much to hold them on.

[Alien]

Well for a good/better WLAN-Connection you always need two strong ends, so it don't really helps having a nice Alfa if your router only has a 2dbi antenna or whatever. So the improvement is not that great because my accesspoint is a weak and old piece of hardware ...

Same thing if you wan't to use aircrack-ng or whatever, you have to be in range of the accesspoint.

But if you just want some passive wardriving, such a big antenna is a great thing to have. But i haven't compared the 5dbi vs. my 9dbi antenna yet, because here isn't mutch wifi traffic around (I'm living in a smalle village).

I bought the alfa and the 9dbi antenna in a bundle so it wasn't that expensive, but i guess i wouldn't need such a big antenna because most accesspoints / routers don't offer the same power as I'm now doing.

[Charles]

Gotcha. Thanks for the info.