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Wednesday, June 18, 2003

WiFi shootout in Vegas

This year's DefCon hacker event in Vegas will feature a WiFi shootout, in which radioniks compete to complete the longest WiFi point-to-point shot.

Competition categories:
1. Stock/unmodified, with commercially made omnidirectional wi-fi antenna
2. Stock/unmodified, with commercially made directional wi-fi antenna
3. Homemade omnidirectional antenna
4. Homemade directional antenna
5. Enhanced power, (omni or directional) commercially made
6. Enhanced power, (omni or directional) homemade

Link Discuss (Thanks, Steve!)

posted by Cory Doctorow at 02:58:26 PM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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