Walked around the Twin Cities Marathon in St Paul for 6+ hours with two #wardrive rigs sticking out of my backpack and not ONE person asked what the hell all those antennas were.
I won that bet with my wife (see, they do NOT look bombs… 💣)
#allthewifi — Public Fediverse posts
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@CoD_Segfault ordered! First! Gotta have second unit for my kids nation-wide touring travels!
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@garyfisk bingo! I love that description! 🤩
It really is turning invisible signals into visible presence and density.
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@garyfisk glad you enjoy the beers! I do too.
A sticker best describes #wardriving
Wardriver
I wor' drivar | noun
person who spends an unreasonable amount of money and time on the hobby of searching out and mapping wireless networks Also see: stumbler, wiglerWigle.net is ground zero for a lot of tracking, but there are lots of other sites and platforms that quantify and gamify the act.
Why? Adventure, invisible internet points, community, exploration, pushing the limits of detection rigs, etc.
Analog: when we were kids why did we spend so much time in the same woods, flipping over rocks and logs, wading in the stream? To see what was under them and to spot that new crawfish😎
There’s a LOT of crawfish out there and a lot of ways to find them! 🦞 📡
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Maybe should’ve read the doc closer, but the Alfa AWUS036ACM and the Panda PAU0D WiFi adapters are the same chipset - Mediatek MT7612U
The antennas on the Alfa are nicer per @thebaldgeek - testing to do!
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TFW you go from one external USB #wifi adapter purchased in 1997 to… many more in like 5 minutes…
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Running a new #wardrive app in Beast Mode brings out all kinds of beasts
#hereBeDragons with #dragonsMilk Reserve Coffee Chocolate #stout
Rich with cocoa, a bittersweet body leads to a roasty coffee finish.
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Holy #wifi kids, we all did it again!
@WiGLEnet tops 2 BILLION Unique Networks with Location
That’s gotta be #allTheWifi right? Can’t possibly it be more…
#wardrive #warwalk #warbike #warFly #warBoat #alwaysBeWardriving #wigle
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Holy cow, WardriveGo from #rocketgod talks to my ancient Alfa AWUS036NH
This could be fun.
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Blinked and missed it, but the thing has done its thing!
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The “Unique WiFI Networks in DB” counter on @WiGLEnet is gonna roll 2 BILLION tomorrow.
Holy #wigleKittens Batman, that’s a LOT of #wifi
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Sometimes ponder if running the @m5stack #m5atom wardriver is worth it, such a tiny device, teeny built-in antenna, sub-optimal placement in each car.
Then you upload a months worth of data from two cars other people drive and bingo, another 1,000 APs you’d have never seen.
#allTheWifi a dozen at a time counts!
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WiFi Shuriken just consistently kicking butt against my other rigs.
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This is HI-TECH stuff kids, come prepared!
Paper map tracker for #wwwd, a color per run.
Didn’t make a full east-west/north-south gridding but happy with results!
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The #wwwd 2026 is over. 24 of 84 on the Leader Board, 74k APs seen. Two foxes of who knows how many assigned to me…
All I know is that I am ahead of #elkentaro (legend!) on the big board now (#48, 2.8 million APs), the rest is gravy 😎
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Evening #wwwd activity found us (wife and pup) a stones throw from #stpaulbrewing - she twisted my arm and upset my plans! Oh well 😎
Dinner and a couple beers, a delightful stop
Crooks’ Haven Porter
Nitro Chinwag English ESB -
I dunno @WiGLEnet these foxes get weirder every year
Plus mine NeVeR cluster like that…
#wwwd #wardrive #allTheWifi #wigleChicken #skinnyFoxes #foxes
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Reasonable gearing for #wwwd #allTheWifi @WiGLEnet
Oh yeah, there’s another original JHewitt with dual external antennas in the trunk and an #M5Atom on the dash.
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Huh, EnGenius appears to sell in Australia now https://www.amazon.com.au/EnGenius-Wireless-Managed-BE13700-13-7Gbps/dp/B0DNNVJLPP/355-9716927-4443655
cc @jpm / @decryption and others.
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Will travel to Duluth and surrounding areas for #allTheWifi and a #marathon while we’re at it. Cheap hotels that accept dogs tend to be far afield…
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The #m5stack AtomGPS is such a tiny and only moderately capable #wardrive device. Why bother?
Because if you #alwaysBeWardriving by leaving one in each car, you will find #allTheWifi !
Kudos to @lukeswitzer and @lozaning for the code
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Perfectly typical text from my daughter…
@WiGLEnet @truemarmalade #allTheWifi #wardrive #alwaysBeWardriving
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Holy WiFi Batman! Just passed the 7,000,000 Observed APs mark. It only took 21 years and 11 months of #wardrive fun!
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Performing strategic RF spectrum surveys at May Day Parade