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.
WiFi Robot [JB Projects]
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Get ready for down ‘n dirty routin’ in the MUUUUUD!
It should have been an RC tank. He would then be refining the definition of “wardriving”.
Now they merely need the ability to ad-hoc and bridge, and they can be deployed on the battlefield to provide a communications netw
WHERE IS SARAH CONNOR
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.