Amazon links in this post are affiliate links, and it’s where I bought most of this stuff over the course the the last several years. I’ve posted previously about my streaming go-kit, which has largely been retired as I’m not doing nearly as much streaming as before, having shifted over to Wi-Fi.
HACKRF VS WIFISPY PLUS
Or if you want to drop it on something you can use for fun on your own outside of that and risk the slight unprofessionalism look (which to be fair the hackRF one is packaged pretty nice you just have to have your laptop or something else attached to it to use it), either way both options are a better deal than the $1k plus you were looking into for it.As I prepare for another trip to a customer site, I figured I’d post the contents of my wireless engineering go-kit for the benefit of others wanting to put one together.
So for the OP it really comes down to if you want to drop ~$300 on a device you'll use once or twice a year and look really nice and impressive or if for those client's (which the rfExplorer linked is nice looking and would probably do this job well).
I did used to do that stuff for a living, just never got into the spec analysis as we just normally recommended more hots pots at the time) (side note: i have convinced a client to drop their fortigate for an untangle server before. That's a main reason why not to undercharge your services because clients can see it as sub-par services But that's a whole different topic for a different thread probably. The second one does look super sweet (but also very expensive)Īll very true about the client impression stuff, which is unfortunate they won't listen to sound tech advise over pricing/looks.
Lol, yea no idea why you would get looks with that one I modified it to have an external antenna, that used to get looks from clients as well. I still say one of the best devices I ever used for this kind of this was this wi-spy, and a sharp zaurus running debian. They want to see a box that they can poke and prod a gui and fix(fuck it up) it themselves. The pfsense box usually just needs the cable modem facing network card replaced, we usually have a dozen intel pcie cards in stock at our office at any given time for that very reason. They'd rather spend 4X the amount on a sonicwall, that when lightning hits the tower down the street we have to do a warranty repair that may get the replacement here tomorrow. Sure it's a Dell desktop(no, the secretary can't use it as a backup office machine), but it makes a great firewall. I have a really hard time selling clients pfsense firewalls. They don't like seeing a mess of wires and cables that they don't understand. Side note: i did see in another similar post it looks like you (barry99705) do this stuff for a living, and considering i'm just a hobbyist & just getting into this sdr realm, so your opinion should hold more weight on the matter and any suggestions.įrom my experience, clients like to see polished off the shelf testers and networking gear.
HACKRF VS WIFISPY MOVIE
The RF Explorer would look a little more professional and is made to suit that stuff, but the hackRF would look like you know more about the technical (like movie hacker style) and you could use it for a bunch of other stuff with it possibly generating business in other areas (like pentesting their wireless devices or something) Just my opinion and how I would look at it though. Especially if you are only going to use it for that case scenario a couple times a year, you could use the hackRF for a bunch more scenarios otherwise.
HACKRF VS WIFISPY SOFTWARE
(note i only briefly checked and without a tuned antenna, directional might be pretty nice on the portapack for this case or even when using a laptop or something)įor that one you linked it does kinda concern me that I don't see that handheld starting for $119 on this page they link to and if it's $270 for the wifi combo it'd be worth the extra investment for the hackRF and just use the free sdr software to check out the spectrum. Well I checked the portapack and it would work as a spec analyzer, but you'd be able to see more and more clearly doing it from a laptop sdr software i think.
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