I didn't catch how you determened your focal length for the recieve/TX unit. It looks short. If you are not on the focus you will find 2 hot spots or really a circular hot spot and loose a lot of gain. I was a microwave techinition and was once given the wrong feed horn ( wrong length not frequency) I could see the other end of path but had to point it to the right or left of the other dish to achieve path.
I didn't catch how you determened your focal length for the recieve/TX unit. It looks short. If you are not on the focus you will find 2 hot spots or really a circular hot spot and loose a lot of gain. I was a microwave techinition and was once given the reong feed horn ( wrong length not frequency) I could see the other end of path but had to point it to the right or left of the other dish to achieve path.
good job, but being able to see routers using parabolic dish does not mean you can answer them as well, as usb adapters are 3 times less transmit power and few other factors. Also being higher unfortunately for this size of waves can have negative results
I'd SWAG that the flag pole is right around 300 yards/ 900ft, and the closest houses about 250. I'm not sure about 2500 ft. And I'd worry about the cable going through the rough looking hole in the wok. Otherwise pretty snazzy.
hey guys my step dad has a wusb300n conector on his laptop im using it right now its a little usb conector it works ok but im wondering is there a better one i could for my desktop right now im getting 36.0mmbps i have to open the window tho and sit it in a certian spot just right or it goes to 2.0mbps and i need to get my own if there is a better one out there u know of that would work well with my dektop TY and cool video u guys are smart
I have one of those old clunky radio shack satellites that I put back into use as a wifi dish. I took the horn off of it and placed a wifi usb adapter onto the arm. Lucky for me I live near allot of business and homes that have wifi. I managed to pull in over 2000 networks, yes about 2100 or so. I think the bigger the dish, the more coverage you may obtain. Unfortunately there is way too much interference causing some networks to drop out and drop back in again.
u only need the one hole for the rod. the wire can just hang down in the front and also the rod can be anywhere in the dish as long as the dongle is in the middle. I have made a similar wifi dish with the rod coming up from the bottom or outer edge to put the dongle in the center witch i find to give me better results. keep it up i love how to's like this.
Great idea, but for best performance the usb dongle must be place at the focal point of the Wok. if the wok was part of a imaginary ball it would be the center of said ball. but great again great idea
Hi Guy's thanks for the tutorial, just one question . I want to mount the antenna dish on my house roof, do you think there would be any signal loss or other problems if I have to use a
he he thats cool i had ben buying diferren have a cantenna only need a usb with a removable antena so i can connect the pigtail cable and need to pay for a wifi antena i buy in the internet i was whashing youtube in usb wifi antena becouse i only have that belking with antena the cant remove i try dont want to break it i put out side my window ang got 3 networks got u3emd secure lock 2 bar signal. tcfbg secure lock 2 bar signal. kh54r secure lock 2 bar signal. thank you cotinue
As a wireless engineer, you can use a large pill bottle to "weather proof" the USB adapter.
be sure to add a little silcone to seal the bottle. it will cut down the signal slightly, but I use a very similar set up with my neigbor to share broadband.
Great minds think alike. I did the same but I used contact cement to glue the lid on. I have better method now, I plan on making a video soon, but what the hay! Remove the USB adapter from it's case and using high gloss spray can, spray the circuit board only, let dry for at least one day. It's water proof and does not loose any signal. Make sure your high gloss is the stuff for crafts. It must be lead free otherwise the lead will shield the unit from Tx and Rx.
Excellent video. Just a question. I have a friend that is about 1km away, and this idea looks like it might help alot. Now instead of the wok, we have access to 3 cband satalite dishes.. would this possibly work?? The wok idea looks like what we might go with but I'm wondering if we put the USB wireless adapter at the tip of the Cband would it work?
C Band dishes are GREAT for this sort of thing, probably the BEST parabolic reflector you can get. It would certainly make a formidable WiFi weapon! Keep in mind that the focal point @ 2.4GHz for the C Band dish may in fact be totally different than a typical C Band application. Please try it and let us know how you make out. Take pics or do a vid. Glad you enjoyed our video. It's been a while since a new episode was produced, but a series of new ones are in production right now.
excellent video. I've built one using a smaller wok and I use it all the time. One suggestion is that you try a program called "WirelessMon" It's WAY better than that one. Also, I've taken a small satellite TV dish, taken the guts out of it, and installed a wifi usb thingy. It works great and already has mounting hardware to mount it to your roof, or for more covert ops, inside your attic directed at the target router. You can fine old, no longer wanted ones all over. Just ask around.
great presentation LordWizWorks. i just have 2 questions, and hope to get a reply very soon. 1- am building a long range WiFi network. talking about 15 Kilometers (9.3 Miles). is this range acceptable with the WiFi connection you built? or i should buy something different. 2- i would like to make a network using a Router instead of single connection through USB. how i can do it? note: my area is hot in weather so we don't have rain and stuff. thank you again and keep it up you're great work
Hey! I've been searching everywhere to try to find a good video on making something similar to this. This seems to be easy, cheap, and useful. I am going to start building this right away. I was wondering what brand and what model that usb adapter was. I was also wondering where it was purchased and how much that bowl thingy was. Thanks so much and please reply!
Hi LordWizworks, this video really impress me to leave some comments. You guys have done a great job on the presentation especially the step-by-step instructions with sound. I m from Malaysia and been trying to learn new way of getting free wifi. And this helps. Thanks Guys. Keep up the good work.
Awesome! I'm definitely going to try this! You could possibly make it even more powerful by moulding aluminium foil to make a bigger satellite. My nerdy senses are tingling!
I would recommend calling your local chinese takout joint or ask a reputable Asian chef where to get one. If you have a "China Town" near by, you can probably locate one there. Being married to an Asian woman, I came to know where all the Asian markets are. You can find Woks there.
I booted out of there leaving my D-link behind and a security guard running after me. It was worth it, I paid the guard 100 bucks but broke my D-LINK usb part right off so Im out on 150 bucks for that experiment. So as you guys can imagine I'm gonna plan a dish about that size and aim it at all the houses that are behind mine hehe!
HAHAHA!!! I LOVE this story! I nearly died reading it. I would recommend (as an easier approach) if you want that much gain, to use a 5 foot Ku band or 9 foot C band satellite TV parabolic reflector. It'll result in a CRAZY signal strength!!! but at that size you better have a good mount! I used the Chinese cooking Wok because they are smaller, but also very cheap and very common if the area you live in has a heavy Asian population - I LOVE ASIANS!!!! hahahaha!
Hey back again. i tried something really diferent and got myself in a little trouble with a tv network security guard. you know those big dishes they got?, well I climbed into it and up to the feed horn and taped my D-Link range booster to it. WOW I couldnt belive it, I received over 1000 networks in range. As I was so amazed I hauled out my measureing tape and crawled back into the dish to get measurements 70 feet diameter and 17 foot tower in the dish, and then a bunch of lights went on and..
Here is the million dollar question. My usb wifi device uses an external aerial so would i just place the omni directional aerial in the same place you had the usb device?? I appreciate your expertise.
What you want to do is put the radiating element at the focal point of the parabolic reflector. If your USB wifi device has a removable antenna, mount the radio portion on the back of the dish and then feed a short cable feed to a radiating element (antenna) at the focal point. If you take this approach, I would recommend a tuned dipole antenna vertically polarized at the focal point for best results, since most receivers use vertical antennas. Hope this helps.
nice work guis...i got question-which material is better for catching packets-aluminium or metal?or which is the best? and what about smaller antenna? do you have any tip how to create smaller antenna? i created smaller from alluminium and some other materials and i need to say its nothin special...and SFME(sorry for my english :) )
Hi, Thanks for your comments. My advice to you is to get as large a parabolic reflector you can - it acts similar to the mirror of a flashlight in that the reflector focuses the 2.4GHz RF energy onto the dongle and enables you to maximize the forward gain. I would say that a smaller dish is hardly worth the effort.
@crazyeyemother...I agree with your range estimation...2500 ft is nearly half a mile!
thomashowes1973 1 week ago
So your telling me your have a portable lap-top? I only have a lap-top. Wish I had a portable one...
WE ARN'T ALL DUMBASSES!
smartsoldier132 6 months ago
Question: If you wrap the wireless USB card in plastic (to protect it from the elements) will that effect performance?
skiextreme2007 6 months ago
I really doubt that house is 750m away...
crazyeyemother 10 months ago
@crazyeyemother looks like 250m, About 800 ft max.
crazyeyemother 10 months ago
buen video exelente simple pero si se moja el aparato la parabola
caza111111111 10 months ago
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I didn't catch how you determened your focal length for the recieve/TX unit. It looks short. If you are not on the focus you will find 2 hot spots or really a circular hot spot and loose a lot of gain. I was a microwave techinition and was once given the wrong feed horn ( wrong length not frequency) I could see the other end of path but had to point it to the right or left of the other dish to achieve path.
SidneyBou 10 months ago
I didn't catch how you determened your focal length for the recieve/TX unit. It looks short. If you are not on the focus you will find 2 hot spots or really a circular hot spot and loose a lot of gain. I was a microwave techinition and was once given the reong feed horn ( wrong length not frequency) I could see the other end of path but had to point it to the right or left of the other dish to achieve path.
SidneyBou 10 months ago
good job, but being able to see routers using parabolic dish does not mean you can answer them as well, as usb adapters are 3 times less transmit power and few other factors. Also being higher unfortunately for this size of waves can have negative results
raymix1 11 months ago
How can i make an wifi antenna to gain signal from minimum 5 km away???
But Without amplificators (home made).
Sry about my broken english:D
dradragoss 1 year ago
@dradragoss hi, you can't. Also google for weefi for more home made info, schematics and diagrams, those guys are pure genious
raymix1 11 months ago
I'd SWAG that the flag pole is right around 300 yards/ 900ft, and the closest houses about 250. I'm not sure about 2500 ft. And I'd worry about the cable going through the rough looking hole in the wok. Otherwise pretty snazzy.
ChockFullOfWin 1 year ago
HOW DO YOU CONNECT IT RIGHT TO THE INTERNIAL ANTENNA SPOT IN A LAPTOP AND GET A GREAT NON STOP SIGNAL????
MIKEY19900 1 year ago
@madmankitchen thanks, a umbrella. i thought of that too.
nukeflooder 1 year ago
nice effort man!!
zidane444 1 year ago
lol why go through all trouble when you can tether of a cell phone that you got with unlimited 3g network
mustafababababa 1 year ago
That is hillarious!!! I wonder if my neighbors would notice if I mounted a WokFi on top of my roof!!! LMFAO!!!
ccbranch29 1 year ago
where do you get a usb dongle from ,someone said you can get one from ebay but im not sure.
MrHSI73 1 year ago
we don't see shit on your laptop
bgsjust 1 year ago
LOL
worth building for!!
Nervejunktion 1 year ago
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I've always considered that a wok is a waste of money to turn into a wifi dish. I use those cheap steel bowls from Dollar Ramma.
wifinow1 1 year ago
I've always considered that a wok is a waste of money to turn into a wifi dish. I use those cheap steel bowls from Dollar Ramma.
wifinow1 1 year ago
I'm suddenly getting hungry for Chinese.
YouTubbingGeorge 1 year ago
Why u say this is fake?
sillydog70 1 year ago
super fake
soratoamorim 1 year ago
Instead of moving them in direction , could one conect 2 or 3 or more together.
then conect into a usb hub and collect signals from all dishes at once through netstumbler....
rusty55cheuy 1 year ago
hey guys my step dad has a wusb300n conector on his laptop im using it right now its a little usb conector it works ok but im wondering is there a better one i could for my desktop right now im getting 36.0mmbps i have to open the window tho and sit it in a certian spot just right or it goes to 2.0mbps and i need to get my own if there is a better one out there u know of that would work well with my dektop TY and cool video u guys are smart
heythisrocks 1 year ago
I have one of those old clunky radio shack satellites that I put back into use as a wifi dish. I took the horn off of it and placed a wifi usb adapter onto the arm. Lucky for me I live near allot of business and homes that have wifi. I managed to pull in over 2000 networks, yes about 2100 or so. I think the bigger the dish, the more coverage you may obtain. Unfortunately there is way too much interference causing some networks to drop out and drop back in again.
wifiprojects 2 years ago
LOL....paraboler
goldnucs 2 years ago
this is bad ass...
timetravel42 2 years ago
I'm soo going to try that :D
fantasmaofdoom 2 years ago
hi guys your doing great job.your two very creative persons and helping lot people like me .
many more thanks
from jan
pachajan4500 2 years ago
nice one !!!!!!!!!!!!!
playstation2bigs 2 years ago
u only need the one hole for the rod. the wire can just hang down in the front and also the rod can be anywhere in the dish as long as the dongle is in the middle. I have made a similar wifi dish with the rod coming up from the bottom or outer edge to put the dongle in the center witch i find to give me better results. keep it up i love how to's like this.
DavidGodOFWar 2 years ago
By the way net stumbler is what I use for all my war driving. u should do ur net vid on how to crack wep wpa (for testing ur own wifi of corse).
DavidGodOFWar 2 years ago
Great idea, but for best performance the usb dongle must be place at the focal point of the Wok. if the wok was part of a imaginary ball it would be the center of said ball. but great again great idea
nathrams13 2 years ago
woooooow nice i go to try this at home ;) thxxx
ultragaming1993 2 years ago
Parabolic Stir-Fry? Nooo Parabolem
hartistry1957 2 years ago
Hi Guy's thanks for the tutorial, just one question . I want to mount the antenna dish on my house roof, do you think there would be any signal loss or other problems if I have to use a
very long USB extension cable ( about 30 feet )
keep up the Good work
regards Red7
red7alien8 2 years ago
cant wait tomarrow i put it out side with a aluminum dich bowl the usb
bobporn11 2 years ago
he he thats cool i had ben buying diferren have a cantenna only need a usb with a removable antena so i can connect the pigtail cable and need to pay for a wifi antena i buy in the internet i was whashing youtube in usb wifi antena becouse i only have that belking with antena the cant remove i try dont want to break it i put out side my window ang got 3 networks got u3emd secure lock 2 bar signal. tcfbg secure lock 2 bar signal. kh54r secure lock 2 bar signal. thank you cotinue
bobporn11 2 years ago
great :)
SniperElitePL 2 years ago
no te ballas a cansar con esa antena en mano jjajajaj ........... EXCELLENT
REGGUE1983 2 years ago
Excellent Vid. 5/5 and Subscribed, Thanks for such nice video.
Ansatsu7 2 years ago
great i tryied that it make 1.9 km
amrelweekil 2 years ago
try vistumbler
justanotherjohndoe 2 years ago
Any free software for Windows Vista?
Is NetS. compatible?
Thanks.
dardouno 2 years ago
As a wireless engineer, you can use a large pill bottle to "weather proof" the USB adapter.
be sure to add a little silcone to seal the bottle. it will cut down the signal slightly, but I use a very similar set up with my neigbor to share broadband.
twood2978 3 years ago
good looking out =D ...
Dollar130Shine 3 years ago
Great minds think alike. I did the same but I used contact cement to glue the lid on. I have better method now, I plan on making a video soon, but what the hay! Remove the USB adapter from it's case and using high gloss spray can, spray the circuit board only, let dry for at least one day. It's water proof and does not loose any signal. Make sure your high gloss is the stuff for crafts. It must be lead free otherwise the lead will shield the unit from Tx and Rx.
realistic28 2 years ago
Excellent video. Just a question. I have a friend that is about 1km away, and this idea looks like it might help alot. Now instead of the wok, we have access to 3 cband satalite dishes.. would this possibly work?? The wok idea looks like what we might go with but I'm wondering if we put the USB wireless adapter at the tip of the Cband would it work?
Any input would be great! Great job once again!
Nextwave1980 3 years ago
C Band dishes are GREAT for this sort of thing, probably the BEST parabolic reflector you can get. It would certainly make a formidable WiFi weapon! Keep in mind that the focal point @ 2.4GHz for the C Band dish may in fact be totally different than a typical C Band application. Please try it and let us know how you make out. Take pics or do a vid. Glad you enjoyed our video. It's been a while since a new episode was produced, but a series of new ones are in production right now.
LordWizworks 3 years ago
I gave C Band dishes a thought too.
Dudtz 3 years ago
Come on how had is it to make dish people actually look for turtorial for this I wasnt searching for it just doing usuall youtube browsing
Altezza447 3 years ago
powerful source of wifi hacking thanks guys
bookaville 3 years ago
excellent video. I've built one using a smaller wok and I use it all the time. One suggestion is that you try a program called "WirelessMon" It's WAY better than that one. Also, I've taken a small satellite TV dish, taken the guts out of it, and installed a wifi usb thingy. It works great and already has mounting hardware to mount it to your roof, or for more covert ops, inside your attic directed at the target router. You can fine old, no longer wanted ones all over. Just ask around.
nearadyn 3 years ago
There are several ways of getting your dish optimized and though I would share.
To find the focal point?
Focal length = f
Depth = c
Diameter = D
f = ( D * D ) / ( 16 * c )
Measure depth using a tight fishing line across dish and a rule to measure depth c.
If you can't be bothered using maths, use net stumbler & with dish fixed on a signal adjust position of USB dongle for maximum RX signal.
Parabolic antennas are fun and often more effective than Yagis at microwave frequencies. :)
jphdg 3 years ago 2
great presentation LordWizWorks. i just have 2 questions, and hope to get a reply very soon. 1- am building a long range WiFi network. talking about 15 Kilometers (9.3 Miles). is this range acceptable with the WiFi connection you built? or i should buy something different. 2- i would like to make a network using a Router instead of single connection through USB. how i can do it? note: my area is hot in weather so we don't have rain and stuff. thank you again and keep it up you're great work
nhakam222 3 years ago
Very well done guys...Keep it up. :)
recievedmails 3 years ago
Hey! I've been searching everywhere to try to find a good video on making something similar to this. This seems to be easy, cheap, and useful. I am going to start building this right away. I was wondering what brand and what model that usb adapter was. I was also wondering where it was purchased and how much that bowl thingy was. Thanks so much and please reply!
oSLamABamAo 3 years ago
Hi LordWizworks, this video really impress me to leave some comments. You guys have done a great job on the presentation especially the step-by-step instructions with sound. I m from Malaysia and been trying to learn new way of getting free wifi. And this helps. Thanks Guys. Keep up the good work.
eddiey1974 3 years ago
TO OUR PORTABLE LAPTOP
darkskiesahead 3 years ago
Awesome! I'm definitely going to try this! You could possibly make it even more powerful by moulding aluminium foil to make a bigger satellite. My nerdy senses are tingling!
pcnub 3 years ago
I live in Australia and want to know where i can find a wok that size?? I'd appreciate the help. Thanks.
PS. I like your work wirelesspiggyhacke!! :D
antsrealm 3 years ago
I would recommend calling your local chinese takout joint or ask a reputable Asian chef where to get one. If you have a "China Town" near by, you can probably locate one there. Being married to an Asian woman, I came to know where all the Asian markets are. You can find Woks there.
LordWizworks 3 years ago
I booted out of there leaving my D-link behind and a security guard running after me. It was worth it, I paid the guard 100 bucks but broke my D-LINK usb part right off so Im out on 150 bucks for that experiment. So as you guys can imagine I'm gonna plan a dish about that size and aim it at all the houses that are behind mine hehe!
wirelesspiggyhacker 3 years ago
HAHAHA!!! I LOVE this story! I nearly died reading it. I would recommend (as an easier approach) if you want that much gain, to use a 5 foot Ku band or 9 foot C band satellite TV parabolic reflector. It'll result in a CRAZY signal strength!!! but at that size you better have a good mount! I used the Chinese cooking Wok because they are smaller, but also very cheap and very common if the area you live in has a heavy Asian population - I LOVE ASIANS!!!! hahahaha!
LordWizworks 3 years ago
Hey back again. i tried something really diferent and got myself in a little trouble with a tv network security guard. you know those big dishes they got?, well I climbed into it and up to the feed horn and taped my D-Link range booster to it. WOW I couldnt belive it, I received over 1000 networks in range. As I was so amazed I hauled out my measureing tape and crawled back into the dish to get measurements 70 feet diameter and 17 foot tower in the dish, and then a bunch of lights went on and..
wirelesspiggyhacker 3 years ago
Here is the million dollar question. My usb wifi device uses an external aerial so would i just place the omni directional aerial in the same place you had the usb device?? I appreciate your expertise.
antsrealm 3 years ago
What you want to do is put the radiating element at the focal point of the parabolic reflector. If your USB wifi device has a removable antenna, mount the radio portion on the back of the dish and then feed a short cable feed to a radiating element (antenna) at the focal point. If you take this approach, I would recommend a tuned dipole antenna vertically polarized at the focal point for best results, since most receivers use vertical antennas. Hope this helps.
LordWizworks 3 years ago
nice work guis...i got question-which material is better for catching packets-aluminium or metal?or which is the best? and what about smaller antenna? do you have any tip how to create smaller antenna? i created smaller from alluminium and some other materials and i need to say its nothin special...and SFME(sorry for my english :) )
sowunak 3 years ago
Hi, Thanks for your comments. My advice to you is to get as large a parabolic reflector you can - it acts similar to the mirror of a flashlight in that the reflector focuses the 2.4GHz RF energy onto the dongle and enables you to maximize the forward gain. I would say that a smaller dish is hardly worth the effort.
LordWizworks 3 years ago
how many inches is that dish? about 20?
wirelesspiggyhacker 3 years ago
I haven't measured the diameter exactly, but I believe it to be about 20 - 24 inches in diameter.
LordWizworks 3 years ago