Vol. 03: StompBox: Mobile Hotspot

Turn your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot, then use GPS and webcam input to map your current location online and auto-generate a photo travelog.

By Tor Amundson

+ Downloads & Extras:

NOTE: The article mentions scripts for vehicle tracking. The scripts changed drastically due to the Gmap APIs being released. Tor will have them up within a week on the stompboxnetworks.com site, barring any unforseen delays, and we'll add them to this page as soon as they're available.

+ LINKS

Old laptop as EVDO router

You may have all parts needed to build your own EVDO router!

Stompbox .IMG file for download

Download and directions for a ready-to-go "disk image" for the CF card.

DynDNS service

Stompbox website

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� MAKE: AMENDS Errata for This Article

Correction for page 67
There is one missing word in the sidebar at the bottom of the page, "Adding a Webcam." The missing word is "script."

The complete sentence should be

Change the interval by editing the file etc/cron.d/getcam and add cameras by duplicating the script."

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Dodge Ram 1500 Hotspot
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While not quite as compact as the Stompbox projects, I've "converted" a 2007 Dodge Ram 1500 into a roaming hotspot using a Rogers Portable Internet service (WiMax based) and some old 802.11b gear. Great range, great speed, and most of it fits neatly in the center console ;-)

http://www.guyshow.ca/ram1500 for pictures.

Powered by a 5.7L Hemi V8 it's not the most fuel-efficient hotspot going...

Posted by guyshow on March 28, 2007 at 06:42:41 Pacific Time

Where are the GPS Srcipts?
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I have the Magazine in my hand I it says to come here for the PHP scripts for Vehicle tracking. I do not see them.
Posted by matrichins on September 06, 2005 at 13:05:39 Pacific Time

Where are the GPS Srcipts?
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Hi -
I talked to the author and learned that the scripts changed drastically due to the Gmap APIs being released. He hopes to have them to us soon, and we'll post them here.

Thanks for posting!

-t

Posted by terrie on September 08, 2005 at 13:49:40 Pacific Time

Where are the GPS Srcipts?
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Thanks for the follow up! I love my Stompbox!
Posted by matrichins on September 08, 2005 at 20:10:30 Pacific Time

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