The first issue that I needed to solve was having enough USB 3.0 ports. I looked at many options. I could run a number of Raspberry Pi computers, and link the databases, I could use some crazy expensive cards I found that have as many as 32 USB 3 ports on them, or I could …
As my post said earlier, I was seeing NO 5GHz signals on the RTL8812 dongles. None. Zip. Nada. I am messing with the MediaTek MT7612U dongles now, and I was having the same issue. Not a single AC or 5GHz signal. After messing with trying to get the drivers to work properly, I took a …
So after weeks of working the issues, a half dozen different clean installs of Linux, and hours of troubleshooting, I have come to the conclusion that while the RTL8812AU and RTL8812BU might “work” with Kismet, they in fact don’t. This is after buying 114 or so, from multiple vendors. Here are the problems that I …
I’m writing this as much a reminder to myself as a help for others. DKMS is a great tool. It really makes getting drivers in and out of Linux a much easier process than it previously was. I guarantee if you mess with WiFi hacking, you will be dealing with drivers at some point in …
Wireless AC has turned out to be a real pain. First off, in doing my research, the only adapter that does AC and natively loads in Linux are devices with the MT7612UN MediaTek chipset. These do not seem to be terribly common, and the only seller I found was not particularly honest. This leaves the …
The last couple of years at DefCon, I have been following D4rkM4tter’s build of a WiFi Cactus, and then the WiFi Kraken. These are amazingly capable devices that are able to view ALL the standard WiFi channels and capture the packets for analysis. I have been working on my own version for the last couple …
Around 1983, my dad brought home what was then a modern miracle. A “portable” computer that was IBM compatible. For years this was the machine that ran the family business. Well… at least ran a lot of the numbers. Jump forward to today, and I managed to end up with this leviathan of a luggable …
In 2013 I took my wife and kids, brother and his kids, and my parents on an adventure launching a hydrogen filled balloon. The balloon started at about six feet in diameter, and once it reached its burst height, it was over thirty-five feet in diameter. We were able to get it to over 108,000 …