Electronics, RF

Setting up the Hak5 Wifi Coconut

The Wi-Fi Coconut is a device produced by Hak5 with the express purpose of capturing all 14 Wi-Fi channels. https://shop.hak5.org/products/wifi-coconut It does this by having a dedicated Wi-Fi chip for each channel ganging all of them up via USB to a host computer. This can take quite a bit of power so there is an… Continue reading Setting up the Hak5 Wifi Coconut

Docker, RF, SDR, Software

Creating a WiFi Monitor with a Kismet Docker Container

In my quest to become more familiar with Docker I decided to create a container to run another wireless radio software called Kismet. Kismet is a wireless network and device detector, sniffer, wardriving tool, and WIDS (wireless intrusion detection) framework. Kismet works with Wi-Fi interfaces, Bluetooth interfaces, some SDR (software defined radio) hardware like the… Continue reading Creating a WiFi Monitor with a Kismet Docker Container

RF

2.4GHz PCB Patch Antenna V2 Design with Matlab

I previously create a PCB patch antenna using the Matlab antenna design toolbox and had some pretty good results, but the narrow bandwidth of patch designs means that small errors in the simulation parameters cause a shift away from your desired frequency. My old post into the details of my journey of learning about patch… Continue reading 2.4GHz PCB Patch Antenna V2 Design with Matlab

Conference, RF, SDR

GRCon20 Virtual Conference Day 1

GnuRadio Conference has gone virtual! Due to COVID-19 almost every conference is going virtual which gives many people the ability to attend that did not have the ability to before. While I miss being there in-person I believe this will have a huge benefit to the community in the long run, allowing new people to… Continue reading GRCon20 Virtual Conference Day 1