Our First Meeting
Our first meeting was a resounding success!
No less than 25 people were here to have their questions answered, meet up with others, and show off some very cool hardware. Trevor Marshall brought in a couple of his latest creations (see links below) including a 2.4GHz receiver with audio output - like a Geiger counter for wireless networks! (Can’t wait for more on this, Trevor!)
Frank Keeney showed us a presentation on wireless and demonstrated Kismet. Mike Outmesguine showed his latest map of Los Angeles war driving and demonstrated Netstumbler. The hot topic was security, and scanning for wireless networks. A few of us kept the conversations running until midnight at the local Denny’s.
The meeting was streamed live via the UNWIRED show at the Linux Public Broadcasting Network, http://www.LPBN.org.
Watch an archived video of the meeting with Real Player:
URLs mentioned at the meeting:
- www.TrevorMarshall.com - Trevor’s homepage with diagrams and articles
- www.trevormarshall.com/waveguides.htm - Slotted Waveguide antenna
- www.trevormarshall.com/biquad.htm - BiQuad antenna
- www.WarDriving.com - Website for those looking for more info on War Driving
- www.kismetwireless.net - Kismet passive wireless network scanner and sniffer (Linux)
- www.netstumbler.com - Netstumbler & Ministumbler wireless network scanner (Windows and WinCE)
- www.ReefEdge.com - Manufacturer of robust wireless security hardware for the enterprise
- www.FortressTech.com - Manufacturer of the AirFortress wireless security micro-firewall
- www.airmagnet.com - Passive wireless network tool for Windows CE devices
- www.wmux.com - Near Line of Site wireless equipment
- email Mike@TransStellar.com with additions to this list
Special Thanks to the following:
- LPBN for providing the live streaming video and the video archive of the show
- Frank Keeney’s show UNWIRED for giving us his timeslot at LPBN
- TransStellar, Inc. for providing the meeting location and video projection
- Alese Technology for providing extra chairs
Pictures: