Anyone know what this gear is?

[drdispatch]

I have never seen this equipment before, and it has piqued my curiosity. Anybody here know what it is? WiFi/broadband maybe?



Here is the companion article:

US Army matures tactical tools for trustworthy data, cyber op action plans

The service sought to improve two technologies at this year's NetModX event focused on cyber defense of the network and integrity of soldier data.

www.c4isrnet.com

 

[spacellamaman]

Counter-Strike LAN party

 

[vagrant]

That mod was total fun in the late 90’s, plus the logo painting mod for it, etc.

Finally! The U.S. military is working on gear that will trickle down to us in order to use those Xfinity hotspots.

Jokes aside, I like how it interfaces via ethernet. This allows for easy trade out and hardware upgrades. Plus, the external antenna beats the poor performing internal ones as well as allowing the wireless device to be placed in an optimum position near a window or what not with a length of ethernet cable. I see external batteries, vs USB powered, so I am curious about the TX dBm.

Back in the day I modified a Dell laptop so that I could use an much improved WiFi external antenna (one from a router) or add a bit of coax as well. Later I used a PCMCIA card that offered more TX power than was allowed along with the external antenna to improved the range. It really came in handy when traveling back in the day, even in other countries, as people were not up-to-speed on making things private. I was not always a freeloader. Sometimes I would upgrade their router firmware.

 

[KE5ZBG]

Was going to guess Silvus, but appears to be the MBITR2 by Thales.

 

[prcguy]

They are not MBITR2's.

Was going to guess Silvus, but appears to be the MBITR2 by Thales.

 

[prcguy]

I had a PCMCIA WiFi card and a huge 2.4GHz panel antenna. I could get into WiFi networks 8 miles away from a local hill top. I loved all the open unsecured networks back then.

That mod was total fun in the late 90’s, plus the logo painting mod for it, etc.

Finally! The U.S. military is working on gear that will trickle down to us in order to use those Xfinity hotspots.

Jokes aside, I like how it interfaces via ethernet. This allows for easy trade out and hardware upgrades. Plus, the external antenna beats the poor performing internal ones as well as allowing the wireless device to be placed in an optimum position near a window or what not with a length of ethernet cable. I see external batteries, vs USB powered, so I am curious about the TX dBm.

Back in the day I modified a Dell laptop so that I could use an much improved WiFi external antenna (one from a router) or add a bit of coax as well. Later I used a PCMCIA card that offered more TX power than was allowed along with the external antenna to improved the range. It really came in handy when traveling back in the day, even in other countries, as people were not up-to-speed on making things private. I was not always a freeloader. Sometimes I would upgrade their router firmware.

 

[edweirdFL]

and the default router usernames and passwords

 

[KE5ZBG]

They are not MBITR2's.

Well, they appear to be Thales. So much for my guess.

 

[KE5ZBG]

U.S. Army | PEO C3T | Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical

 

[vagrant]

I worked at ISP's back in the mid to late 90's which was so much fun, it wasn't really work, but they paid me. Anyways, I was telling some guys about how many open WiFi networks there are around town from a simple drive from my place to a friends house and back. Plus all the open 900 MHz camera systems, but that's another story. That's when I found out there was a name for what I was doing. One of the customer service techs was listening in and told me that I was "War Driving". I looked at him like WTF? and asked WTF is War Driving. He explained pretty much what I was doing except there was a name for it. Even then I was too old to be hip.

A panel, or Yagi antenna would have been nice to use, but when traveling only so much will fit. Many pachinko parlors back in the day had open WiFi which was nice, whether they knew it or not.

I should find a job at a radio shop. Actually, I should find a job at a wireless ISP.

I had a PCMCIA WiFi card and a huge 2.4GHz panel antenna. I could get into WiFi networks 8 miles away from a local hill top. I loved all the open unsecured networks back then.

 

[reconrider8]

When my grandma died a few years back we all gathered at my uncles. All of a sudden we look outside and there's a group if neighborhood kids around the shed. So my uncle goes out there and runs them off not 5 min later here's more plus the first bunch all on their phones. So I get to thinking the router wasn't password protected. So I shimmy on and throw a simple password up there and watch as one by one they all walk off in defeat then I upped the password a good bit

 

[mmckenna]

I should find a job at a wireless ISP.

I think your standards are too high. The work I see our local wireless ISP's do is pure crap, looks like someone vomited cable, antennas held up with ty-wraps, etc.

 

[vagrant]

@mmckenna Yeah, my standards probably are too high. That Harbor Freight electrical tape just won't do.

 

[mancow]

I have never seen this equipment before, and it has piqued my curiosity. Anybody here know what it is? WiFi/broadband maybe?

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Here is the companion article:

US Army matures tactical tools for trustworthy data, cyber op action plans

The service sought to improve two technologies at this year's NetModX event focused on cyber defense of the network and integrity of soldier data.

www.c4isrnet.com

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[mancow]

They almost look like an MSHR.

 

[TDR-94]

Was going to guess Silvus, but appears to be the MBITR2 by Thales.

Those aren't MBITR2's, but the other radio, in the lower right hand corner of the picture, is

 

[KE5ZBG]

I think it may be this:
TW-950 TSM Shadow | TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.

TrellisWare Supports the U.S. Army’s Network Integration Event 18.2 | TrellisWare Technologies, Inc.

Their product catalog includes similar looking blade antennas.