Well… it had to happen sooner or later – someone has come up with a WiFi aggregator that will allow you to ‘borrow’ bandwidth from your neighbours unsecured networks. Whilst WEP cracking is not in the unit at the moment, its probably going to happen…
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On June 1, 2007 Mark Hoekstra (geektechnique.org
) will preview The Slurpr at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam. The Slurpr is a high speed Wi-Fi broadband router that takes up to six available Wi-Fi channels and combines them into one free and ultra broadband connection. Fast and Free Internet Access with just one box! Now you can enjoy the great advantages and comfort that come with a high speed internet connection, all for free.
The Slurpr automatically connects to the 6 strongest available Wi-Fi channels in your neighborhood to give you unparalleled connectivity. To make this happen, 6 Wi-Fi adapters are combined in one small package. The six extra sensitive antennae give you an even wider range of connectivity.
The Slurpr will be on display and available for pre-ordering at The Next Web Conference.
Technical specs:
The Slurpr consists of a Six-channel wardrive-box broadbandrouter with 6 11/54Mbit fully configurable Wi-Fi connections bundled and redistributed to 9 wired ethernet connections. A 266MHz MIPS CPU with 64MB RAM with Linux installed on a 1GB Compact Flash card powers this extraordinary set-up.
Both the hardware and software of The Slurpr will be released under a Creative Commons license making it easy for users to build their own Slurprs and using and enhancing the software.
More information on:
http://geektechnique.org
http://www.slurpr.com
http://2007.thenextweb.org
How it all started:
http://www.bomega.com/2006/07/31/who-will-build-me-a-wi-fi-canalizer/
Read about it on:
http://www.bomega.com/2007/05/29/the-slurpr-mother-of-all-wi-fi-access-points/
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