My setup

seinman · 05-05-2004

Just got all the parts together a few days ago, found about 510 APs in five hours of wardriving between today and yesterday.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-25 (Pentium 150mhz, 48 MB RAM, 6 GB HD), Dell TrueMobile 1150, generic serial GPS receiver, cheap magnetic mount antenna from fab-corp.

Oh, and an iPod for lisenting to tunes while on the road.

Of course, the images...

Eyecannon · 05-05-2004

Sweet, I've been wanting one of those Toughbooks.

litehedded · 05-06-2004

those things are neet. the county i worked for issued them to all the police and certain other departments.
the harddrives are mounted in a gel
cool stuff

G8tK33per · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by seinman

Just got all the parts together a few days ago, found about 510 APs in five hours of wardriving between today and yesterday.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-25 (Pentium 150mhz, 48 MB RAM, 6 GB HD), Dell TrueMobile 1150, generic serial GPS receiver, cheap magnetic mount antenna from fab-corp.

Oh, and an iPod for lisenting to tunes while on the road.

Of course, the images...

Judging by the inspection and county stickers on the windshield, I presume you're in VA? Anywhere near NoVA?

Barry · 05-06-2004

Those things are nice! We had them in the AF for the jets. Just two words for ya though, "shop vac" !!

seinman · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by G8tK33per

Judging by the inspection and county stickers on the windshield, I presume you're in VA? Anywhere near NoVA?

I'm in Williamsburg.

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Originally Posted by Barry

Just two words for ya though, "shop vac" !!

I'm well known for having a messy car... about an hour before I took those pictures, there was so much garbage and just random junk on the floor in front of the passenger seat that you couldn't even see the floor!

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Originally Posted by Eyecannon

Sweet, I've been wanting one of those Toughbooks.

Oh yeah, I LOVE mine. I paid a lot for it (well considering that it's quite an old machine) just because I needed a nice sturdy machine. I've abused the hell out of it, and it's still running fine.

litehedded · 05-06-2004

those things are crazy expensive.
does yours have a touch sensitive screen?

seinman · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by litehedded

those things are crazy expensive.
does yours have a touch sensitive screen?

No, mine's one of the lower-end models. It's got the standard LCD display. I got the computer itself, three somewhat working (40 minutes each or so) batteries, AC adaptor, wired network card, CD-ROM and floppy drives, external mouse, USB card (which doesn't actually work in it because it only has 16 bit PCMCIA slots), and CDs with all the drivers and such, and a few extra little accessories like headphones and a keyboard light, for $325. The newest OS it can run efficiently is 98SE, but that's more than ample for what I use it for. I do my schoolwork on it, wardrive, and browse the web, that's about it.

Eyecannon · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by seinman

No, mine's one of the lower-end models. It's got the standard LCD display. I got the computer itself, three somewhat working (40 minutes each or so) batteries, AC adaptor, wired network card, CD-ROM and floppy drives, external mouse, USB card (which doesn't actually work in it because it only has 16 bit PCMCIA slots), and CDs with all the drivers and such, and a few extra little accessories like headphones and a keyboard light, for $325. The newest OS it can run efficiently is 98SE, but that's more than ample for what I use it for. I do my schoolwork on it, wardrive, and browse the web, that's about it.

Needs more linux

seinman · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by Eyecannon

Needs more linux

I tried, oh I tried. Tried a few versions of Slackware, Mandrake, and RedHat... the only one I could get to run well enough to get by was RedHat 7, and I was stuck using 256 colors on my display. Didn't work with my old wireless card, either. It was easiest to just install Windows and be done with it, even though I probably could get Linux working better if I put more time into it.

Eyecannon · 05-06-2004

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Originally Posted by seinman

I tried, oh I tried. Tried a few versions of Slackware, Mandrake, and RedHat... the only one I could get to run well enough to get by was RedHat 7, and I was stuck using 256 colors on my display. Didn't work with my old wireless card, either. It was easiest to just install Windows and be done with it, even though I probably could get Linux working better if I put more time into it.

True, if you want GUI, X would most likely run like shit on there... I'd personally slap on a minimalist distro like Debian or Arch... my Debian install started at around 200MB. I just put Slack on a new laptop I got (Toshiba Tecra, P-120, 48MB, blah blah) and I did an expert install with just the things I needed, and it came out to around 900MB. Granted, once I got all the software installed on my Debian laptop, it was around 750MB. Though you have a nice sized harddrive (mine have 2GB and 1.2GB), so it's not as much of an issue.

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kleptophobiac · 05-06-2004

I have X 3.3.6 and fluxbox running flawlessly on a 486 DX/4 75. Dillo (lightweight browser) also works great.

You can have a GUI and apps, but you have to be careful about your selection.

It also helps to have a bit of *nix experience beforehand. Installing slack without a NIC or CDROM was a bit challenging.

peekitty · 05-06-2004

Dillo is fantastic for low-spec machines. I ran it on a P-166 beater laptop that I used in the field and it was plenty speedy. I actually find myself using Links and Lynx on much faster machines lately...

kleptophobiac · 05-06-2004

I tend to use links (unless I need to go to an authed site, then lynx)

Every now and then I bring my wardriver up in X so I can have fully functional ethereal and a real gui browser.

05-05-2004	#1 (permalink)
seinman Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 73	My setup Just got all the parts together a few days ago, found about 510 APs in five hours of wardriving between today and yesterday. Panasonic Toughbook CF-25 (Pentium 150mhz, 48 MB RAM, 6 GB HD), Dell TrueMobile 1150, generic serial GPS receiver, cheap magnetic mount antenna from fab-corp. Oh, and an iPod for lisenting to tunes while on the road. Of course, the images...

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Eyecannon Ward River Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Santa Monix Posts: 679	Sweet, I've been wanting one of those Toughbooks. __________________ No, officer, YOU are under arrest! http://eyecannon.com/wardrive.html

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litehedded P.I.M.P. Productions Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 110	those things are neet. the county i worked for issued them to all the police and certain other departments. the harddrives are mounted in a gel cool stuff __________________ -fhgwghads

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Barry Managing the iTards. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,367	Those things are nice! We had them in the AF for the jets. Just two words for ya though, "shop vac" !! __________________ Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

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litehedded P.I.M.P. Productions Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 110	those things are crazy expensive. does yours have a touch sensitive screen? __________________ -fhgwghads

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kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	I have X 3.3.6 and fluxbox running flawlessly on a 486 DX/4 75. Dillo (lightweight browser) also works great. You can have a GUI and apps, but you have to be careful about your selection. It also helps to have a bit of *nix experience beforehand. Installing slack without a NIC or CDROM was a bit challenging.

05-06-2004	#13 (permalink)
peekitty Macaca Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S. Florida Posts: 1,056	Dillo is fantastic for low-spec machines. I ran it on a P-166 beater laptop that I used in the field and it was plenty speedy. I actually find myself using Links and Lynx on much faster machines lately...

05-06-2004	#14 (permalink)
kleptophobiac Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 310	I tend to use links (unless I need to go to an authed site, then lynx) Every now and then I bring my wardriver up in X so I can have fully functional ethereal and a real gui browser.

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