Well the 'elite' version is ~$750... that's getting pretty ridiculous when I could and have built something similar with openwrt a pelican case for ~$80 + the 45 or so minutes to tear the router apart and flash openwrt on to it.. As an added bonus it comes with a webui
I never had to use 3G, just an connect to an unbroadcast SSID of the router. If I was really determined to have 3G I would tether a pay-and-go phone to a usb port, but I don't see the usefulness of 3G when I have wifi..
You said similar for $80. Does your busted pelican box look as innocuous as this thing does in an average corporate environment?
Have you done a lot of large scale corporate pen tests? I used to do a lot of pentest/wireless audits for IBM. Sure I could sit in the parking lot of Dr. Bobs Dermatology's practice and maintain a decent signal strength to his wireless network. But what are you going to do in downtown Manhattan when the client is on the 25th-35th floors of a building in the financial district? Does your pay as you go phone fit into your classy corporate looking pelican box? How does that pelican box look now that there is a second cord running out of it to charge the pay as you go phone?
Now do you see the usefulness of built in 3G?
PS: I just noticed that you have posted your description twice now. Is it $80 or $100?
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Well the 'elite' version is ~$750... that's getting pretty ridiculous when I could and have built something similar with openwrt a pelican case for ~$80 + the 45 or so minutes to tear the router apart and flash openwrt on to it.. As an added bonus it comes with a webui
$520 is a trivial cost for business security, if it saves a few hours of figuring out how to create an equivalent it's worth the money.
Then there is dealing with the mindset that a cheap approach to security is not going to be as good; it's not an area people like to cut corners.
Are you selling it?
What are you using for 3G in your $80 box?
I never had to use 3G, just an connect to an unbroadcast SSID of the router. If I was really determined to have 3G I would tether a pay-and-go phone to a usb port, but I don't see the usefulness of 3G when I have wifi..
You said similar for $80. Does your busted pelican box look as innocuous as this thing does in an average corporate environment?
Have you done a lot of large scale corporate pen tests? I used to do a lot of pentest/wireless audits for IBM. Sure I could sit in the parking lot of Dr. Bobs Dermatology's practice and maintain a decent signal strength to his wireless network. But what are you going to do in downtown Manhattan when the client is on the 25th-35th floors of a building in the financial district? Does your pay as you go phone fit into your classy corporate looking pelican box? How does that pelican box look now that there is a second cord running out of it to charge the pay as you go phone?
Now do you see the usefulness of built in 3G?
PS: I just noticed that you have posted your description twice now. Is it $80 or $100?
You would use a 15$ usb 3g modem, just like I assume the pwn plug does.