Jonathan Bennett is calling this $5 dollar RC car — a Linksys WRT54GL and a Panasonic Bl-C1A network camera soldered to its guts — a "WiFi Robot." I call it the only RC car I have ever wanted: it can be driven wirelessly by laptop from up to 500 meters away. A miniature Linksys monster truck to vroom around the neighborhood: it's so appropriate. The WRT54G series always has been the Big Foot family of routers.
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It should have been an RC tank. He would then be refining the definition of "wardriving".
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Where's the cell-phone version so you can increase the range?
Excuse me, have you seen this boy?
thats f-ing cool. a company called zoom makes a wireless dsl router called a zoom x6, i think it'd be neat to see a zoom pimped in a similar fashion.
also, "wi-fi robot" is a good description of what it does/is, but i think it should have a cool sounding name. sparky, cuddles, mr. wirelesspants, something interesting and i dunno personable? darn, obviously i'm drawing a blank on possible cool-sounding names.
Argh, Linksys?
I've had nothing but trouble with their wireless equipment. The drivers are especially worth throwing boots at.
Interesting; my experience has been the opposite. Linksys routers, at least, have served me very well. Anything d-link I've tried has been utter crap, that I do know. (PCI and PC card wireless, router, etc.)
But three Linksys WRT54g's have been reliable (three different locations), one WRT11mp, and a few wired-only, all very reliable. My WRT54g at home is just starting to flake out (reboot occasionally, needs a fan if you're doing long high-speed transfers) after about five years.