Capturing wifi signals

[garyhaupt]

Thought I'd just show my new antenna as suggested by a guy in a computer shop. Works like a hot damn. Bearing in mind...I don't use a cel card or a stick...I grab a signal when I can from UN-encrytped sites. And please... no lectures.

I got a D Link N600 for $30 from Staples and then a pizza foil plate from a dollar store. 3 for 1.50. Sliced it open so that I could hang the adapter into the middle of the foil pan.





Crimp the bottom edge so it has a kind of flat bit...

Works like a charm.


Gary Haupt

[CKNSLS]

I am going to make this and try to pickup free unsecured wifi when I buy my $250,000 or more rig and camp overnight for free at Walmart!

[havasu]

One of the very best WiFi antennas can be made with a discarded 'prime focus' satellite dish. They are getting harder to find as the offset ones are now in vogue (they can work too but the primes are more efficient).

Finding the space for them can be harder but I have an old roof mounted sat Winegard single LNB antenna that I am getting ready to mod as a WiFi receiver along with a 2W booster.

[96Bounder30E]

Moved from General RVing

[DiskDoctr]

SkiingSixPack wrote:
Yep, there are the lectures 🙂

Being condescending to someone who warns you of danger of potentially devastating consequences such as prison or the hacking of your bank accounts or company server is a bit rude.

Besides, the very very minimal mentioning of such things hardly qualifies as a "lecture" :R

I find the OP's solution quite creative.

[garyhaupt]

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Should I FedEx them to you? I'm also sharing them with the Anacortes village. Hand-outs at Gere-A-Deli tomorrow. I can only eat so much, in spite of how I look.

Oh you are so so funny.....just bring a mess of the goodies up in September.



Gary Haupt

[Pangaea_Ron]

Should I FedEx them to you? I'm also sharing them with the Anacortes village. Hand-outs at Gere-A-Deli tomorrow. I can only eat so much, in spite of how I look.

[garyhaupt]

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Gary

I have a bag of rubber grommets to project the cord as it passes through the pizza pan. I'll bring them in Sept. What will we ever do with the extra pizza pans?

Well Sir...you are older,so are SIR...I figure some crab and oysters/clams baked with butter might be a use for one of the pans.

Oh God..I just made my mouth water....



Gary Haupt

[Cyborgie]

I use a strainer and foil.

[ol_Bombero-JC]

garyhaupt wrote:
Thought I'd just show my new antenna as suggested by a guy in a computer shop. Works like a hot damn. Bearing in mind...I don't use a cel card or a stick...I grab a signal when I can from UN-encrytped sites. And please... no lectures.

I got a D Link N600 for $30 from Staples and then a pizza foil plate from a dollar store. 3 for 1.50. Sliced it open so that I could hang the adapter into the middle of the foil pan.

Crimp the bottom edge so it has a kind of flat bit...

Works like a charm.


Gary Haupt

Google: "Cantenna"

Lots (and *LOTS*) of DIY antennas out of various "suff"..:W

~

[Pangaea_Ron]

Gary

I have a bag of rubber grommets to project the cord as it passes through the pizza pan. I'll bring them in Sept. What will we ever do with the extra pizza pans?

[msmith1199]

SkiingSixPack wrote:
Yep, there are the lectures 🙂

Just trying to warn others who may see this of what the dangers are of taking this advice. Just because somebody posts "no lectures" doesn't mean they aren't going to get one.

[2oldman]

Here we go.

[SkiingSixPack]

Yep, there are the lectures 🙂

[msmith1199]

DiskDoctr wrote:
No lecture, but be aware that unauthorized use of someone else's network (if it isn't intended to be free like McD or Starbux) is a crime in the US.

That being said, nothing wrong with using a booster, repeater, etc to draw in weak signals you are permitted to use.

It doesn't take much to make a pretty big difference.

FYI. In an emergency, lay your cellphone flat on the roof of your car on speaker phone for a better signal.

Not to mention it's very easy for a hacker to set up an unsecure wifi network and allow people to think they're getting free wifi over it, while the hacker monitors every single thing that comes across the network.