iarticle-tgtimes-Wireless-Wireless-Everywhere.mw - tgtimes - The Gopher Times Err bitreich.org 70 hgit clone git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes URL:git://bitreich.org/tgtimes git://enlrupgkhuxnvlhsf6lc3fziv5h2hhfrinws65d7roiv6bfj7d652fid.onion/tgtimes bitreich.org 70 1Log /scm/tgtimes/log.gph bitreich.org 70 1Files /scm/tgtimes/files.gph bitreich.org 70 1Refs /scm/tgtimes/refs.gph bitreich.org 70 1Tags /scm/tgtimes/tag bitreich.org 70 1README /scm/tgtimes/file/README.md.gph bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 iarticle-tgtimes-Wireless-Wireless-Everywhere.mw (3755B) Err bitreich.org 70 i--- Err bitreich.org 70 i 1 .SH tgtimes Err bitreich.org 70 i 2 Wireless, wireless everywhere Err bitreich.org 70 i 3 .2C 56v Err bitreich.org 70 i 4 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 5 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 6 Wires! Cables! Connectors! Err bitreich.org 70 i 7 Computer and electric systems seems to befriend with plugs and sockets. Err bitreich.org 70 i 8 Why is the computer industry running away from them for everything exposed to users? Err bitreich.org 70 i 9 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 10 .IP "Where do I plug the cable?" Err bitreich.org 70 i 11 Everyone needfully face this question at least once, be it the first time they own a computer. Err bitreich.org 70 i 12 From the various connector shapes to choose from, to the various set of protocol the Universal USB connector supports, Err bitreich.org 70 i 13 cables provoke confusion to cable-haters and computer neophytes. Err bitreich.org 70 i 14 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 15 .IP "Cables are ugly" Err bitreich.org 70 i 16 It might not be true for everyone, but computer manufacturers seems to say differently. Err bitreich.org 70 i 17 Starting with the name "wireless", that comes by opposition to wires, supposing they were something to avoid. Err bitreich.org 70 i 18 Cable management is a full time job for datacenter jockeys, and a chore for the cable-hating computer user. Err bitreich.org 70 i 19 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 20 .IP "Cables are immobile" Err bitreich.org 70 i 21 Unless making use of an uncommon cable management strategy, Err bitreich.org 70 i 22 objects connected to cables cannot be carried too far away without unplugging everything devices are connected to. Err bitreich.org 70 i 23 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 24 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 25 So here comes wireless. Err bitreich.org 70 i 26 While not frequent in large computer infrastructure, wireless is invading the market along with battery devices. Err bitreich.org 70 i 27 Using radio waves to make device talk to each other, at various frequencies, modulation, datarate and distance. Err bitreich.org 70 i 28 Ready to sacrifice any amount of good engineering to make itself more seducing to the market, Err bitreich.org 70 i 29 marketing perpetuates the same illusion of making computer troubles fade away with wireless. Err bitreich.org 70 i 30 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 31 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 32 From the Bluetooth protocol swamp of mixed edge-cases and complexity, Err bitreich.org 70 i 33 to the security vulnerabilities of Wi-Fi, Err bitreich.org 70 i 34 to the security vulnerabilities of Bluetooth, Err bitreich.org 70 i 35 to the proprietary but popular protocols like LoRaWan, Err bitreich.org 70 i 36 to the unreliability and unstability as opposed to wires, Err bitreich.org 70 i 37 to the black box of wireless broadband such as UTMS and LTE, Err bitreich.org 70 i 38 Wireless does not have the same fame among developers valuing simplicity and reliability. Err bitreich.org 70 i 39 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 40 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 41 Even the United Army holds griefs against wireless such as Bluetooth, Err bitreich.org 70 i 42 and disrecommends it for use by militaries: Err bitreich.org 70 i 43 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 44 https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 45 ARN4771_Pam25-2-9_Final_Web.pdf Err bitreich.org 70 i 46 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 i 47 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 48 .QP Err bitreich.org 70 i 49 Do not use Bluetooth devices to send, receive, store, or process classified information. Err bitreich.org 70 i 50 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 51 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 52 This means no Bluetooth keyboard, no Bluetooth headset during phone calls, Err bitreich.org 70 i 53 no Bluetooth sharing between the phone and the computer... Err bitreich.org 70 i 54 In other words, no Bluetooth. Err bitreich.org 70 i 55 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 56 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 57 Nontheless, wireless is fun, beautiful, and filled with culture. Err bitreich.org 70 i 58 While marketting pushed engineers from the wireless cliff, Err bitreich.org 70 i 59 long before computer came, radio waves were put at good use in the most simple forms: radio communication. Err bitreich.org 70 i 60 From the AM and FM radio stations to listen while on the road, Err bitreich.org 70 i 61 the medium-range boat, airplane, truck, pedestrian talkies, and even satellite communications, Err bitreich.org 70 i 62 hobbyists building-up their own antennas for inter-continental communication, Err bitreich.org 70 i 63 garage door openners and remotely controlled drones... Err bitreich.org 70 i 64 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 65 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 66 Complex and twisted wireless protocols are only a special case of radio communication, Err bitreich.org 70 i 67 and simple unobfuscated methods of communication are possible, and even frequent. Err bitreich.org 70 i 68 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 69 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 70 Be it a simple and inexpensive RTL SDR dongle receiver Err bitreich.org 70 i 71 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 72 https://www.rtl-sdr.com/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 73 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 i 74 or a complete receiver-emitter such as HackRF Err bitreich.org 70 i 75 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 76 https://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/one/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 77 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 i 78 or LimeSDR, Err bitreich.org 70 i 79 .FS Err bitreich.org 70 i 80 https://limemicro.com/products/boards/limesdr/ Err bitreich.org 70 i 81 .FE Err bitreich.org 70 i 82 many gears exist for experimenting with radio transmissions. Err bitreich.org 70 i 83 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 84 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 85 Every year, the American Relay Radio League (ARRL) is publishing a large book focused on radiocommunication, Err bitreich.org 70 i 86 and its chapter 1 section 1 is \fIDo-It-Yourself Wireless\fR. Err bitreich.org 70 i 87 . Err bitreich.org 70 i 88 .PP Err bitreich.org 70 i 89 This is an invitation for everyone to discover or rediscover the universe of electromagnetic fields communication. Err bitreich.org 70 .