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Cortana
Behind the project name Cortana hides ideas over ideas to improve syn2cat's sensors as capabilities to communicate within as with the outside world.
Meetings:	none
Type:	network
Status:	running
Members:	prometheus, trollchen, NPU, gunstick, destructive, bisly, slopjong, the_metalgamer
Contact Person:	prometheus (mail), trollchen (mail)
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Cortana is the part of syn2cat's brain that sharps the sensors. Wanna join? Have a look here (syn2cat redmine).

Radio

Wireless LAN

Lectures & Articles

• Wireless Networking in the Developing World: A practical guide to planning and building low-cost telecommunications infrastructure
• Wikipedia - pcacp
• Antennas FAQ (NetStumbler.org) (some very useful information regarding antennas)

Hardware

Dongle

Building Antennas

Cantenna

WokFi

• 

  Asian "scoop", bought @ Cactus (Belle Etoile, 9,95€ + a pan)

• 

  WokFi (unmodified)

• 

  WokFi (unmodified) with an 45° antenna angle

D = 25,7 cm (Diameter)

d = 5,4 cm (depth at center)

f = 7.645 cm (focal point)

References

• Urban Wireless - Dish with USB Feed
• USB adaptors & DIY antenna = "Poor Man's WiFi" ?
• Antena wifi casera. Wokfi

Biquad

• How-To: Build a WiFi biquad dish antenna
• Biquad Antenna Construction

Software

GNU/Linux & MacOS X

• Kismet (GNU/Linux)
• KisMac (Mac OS X)
• WEP / WPA-PSK Passphrase Recovering
• Wireless Calculators (Online)

Android

• OpenSignals
• G-Mon
• Wifi Agent
• wardrive

iOS

Communities

• CONFINE Project
• Funkfeuer

References

• heise.de - Funknetze
• heise.de - WLAN Richtfunk mit Hausmitteln
• heise.de - Die 0 Euro Antenne
• Techwriter - WLAN-Reichweite erhöhen
• Das Labor - WLAN Antennen bauen
• freifunk.net - WLAN-Antennen (General knowledge about building antennas, protecting routers in outdoor box, etc.)
• Antenna on the Cheap (er, Chip) +1
• "Cantenna" - yagi design for 802.11b wireless application

Misc

• http://hackaday.com/2011/06/12/a-suitcase-for-all-your-wardriving-needs/
• http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Ben_WPAN
• http://nocat.net/
• OpenSignal

Lightning Tracker/Radar

• VDE - FAQ Blitzschutz (Some information about lightning protection of buildings.)

Bluetooth

Software

hci*

hciconfig

~$ hciconfig hci1 up

hcitool

~$ hcitool -i hci1 scan

General References

Antennas

• Basic Antenna Theory by Professor R. Struzak
• Antenna Fundamentals Presentation
• Understanding electromagnetic fields and antenna radiation takes (almost) no math
• Chapter 1 ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALS by Paul Wade W1GHZ