What Is Wardriving? Build & Use JHewitt WarDriver

A friend has sent me a JHewitt Wardriver from 463n7. Lets build it and take it on a drive!

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[n]

Great video! I need to add something in my video about those little screens I have broken many of them here recently in assembling these. Also thanks for the shout out and link.

Just a heads up though I change the product page based on the month I'm planning to send out a kit so you might want to change the link just to my base site so it doesn't die.

[portp]

iPods in 2008 used some similar database to geolocate themselves. It was kept up to date very good (found out when I moved, haha).
Google street view vehicles should be capturing this as well.

[fergiebiker]

On small gauge wire like that, I like to heat the end up with a flame, then use my thumb nail and forefinger to strip the insulation. Wired a few race cars doing that, and you build up a decent callus after a while.

[HRNT]

I'm kinda with you Josh, it would be a fun build because I like kit building, but not sure how often I would use this as far as a regular basis. I think the case design has flaws and would frustrate someone in the assembly process. There's definitely a learning curve to using this for those like me who have never done this before, but still very interesting. I about died when the screen cracked on you! Wow! Great video as always. Take care. 73!

[cabe_bedlam]

‘82 Crew represent!

I built a dipole 2.4ghz antenna on a mag mount years ago, it’s a lot of fun even just scraping SSID names!

[KBOTY]

Back in the early days of wifi, I drove around with a thinkpad running linux with kismet and gpsdrive with a pcmcia card set to promiscuous mode. My gps was a garmin connected via serial port. most of the hotspots had no security at all back then, and the ones that did had WEP.

[ADDMDennis]

If you see any of the videos where I'm on a livestream from home, you'll see a movie poster of WarGames in the background. It was a hugely impactful movie in my early life as well.

[brickerhaus]

I am still waiting for mine. Thanks for the build video.

[ThaVoodoo]

Google street view vehicles do wardriving.
Use a laptop with Kismet. It is an open source sniffer, WIDS, wardriver, and packet capture tool for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BTLE, wireless thermometers, airplanes, power meters, Zigbee, and more.
Kismet runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows (via WSL).
Kismet can operate both headless as a standalone capture and WIDS system, or with a full modern web-based UI.

[iggyvasconcelos]

Any videos on the Beartooth MK II ATAK?

[raymondmartin]

Was that film War Games, where
the computer says Do you want
to Play Global Thermonuclear War? 😮
Actually, I was an officer in the
USAF, over 50 years ago, being
80 today, in SAC at an Atomic
Weapon AiForce Base, back then,
and it was and still is no game.
I am a 100% Disabled Veteran
now, happy 😊 and over 60 years
as an amateur radio operator .😊

[timkeene]

Tin the wires first Josh and then no fraid wires....As always nice videos

[Zvideogates]

The most powerful WiFi radio is the EnGenius EUB-9603H 600mW 2.4GHz USB adapter. It has an RP-SMA connector so you can run an external antenna. It is a beast. With the laptop, you pick up 3 networks, with it, you pick up 30.

[itrstt]

what could be done of value to the user with all the info wardrived?

[Ctaylor]

I knew what was going to happen at the start, I've done the exact same thing with the screen on mine. Thankfully they're pretty cheap to buy!

[BoxBin]

Great video, if you want to stay in the game join a wardriving team, get some competition going, have fun with it. I use an android phone and JHewitt kit like this one for wardriving.

[NCC]

When my son was a toddler, I used to take him for a ride in his stroller around the neighborhood. I had a Pocket PC running ministumbler in the cup holder and would log a lot of unsecured Wi-Fi networks. Would that be war walking or war strolling?

[raymondmartin]

Everything today is in flux. 😅
I do not know what temp.s my
soldering irons run at?😊

[TrevHolland]

It's a neat device but I'm not sure what the point is if it's not for illegal purposes. What's the point of knowing where unprotected wifi signals are if you're not going to attempt to use them?

[arupian]

20:58... you can just touch a little solder to the ends of the wire strands. That will keep them from fraying.