In my infinite hunt for a product to tinker with, I decided to give the Inseego FX2000 a run for its money. Less than $100 on eBay in fact! I was a little weary of working with this device because Novatel/Inseego is known for locking down their devices more heavily than their competitors. This guide takes into account that you have knowledge of ADB/Fastboot tools, hex editing, and some Qualcomm tool knowledge. This is by no means a step-by-step tutorial. Gaining ADB Access Inseego devices hi

The RIPE Atlas network is described as "a global network of probes that measure Internet connectivity and reachability, providing an unprecedented understanding of the state of the Internet in real time." RIPE can either provide a hardware probe that you plug into an ethernet port if you apply and are accepted, or you can run a software probe, not needing any additional hardware, and apply online. Prerequisites * Create an account here and make note of your username/email address Installi

In my previous posts, I talked about the Netgear MR1100 and T-Mobile TMOHS1 hotspots. In them, I briefly spoke about mods you can perform on those devices, including modifying the TTL and changing the DNS servers. But I wanted a little more security on the DNS side, especially because we know that carriers perform deep packet inspection and God knows what else on their networks. Originally I planned to use cloudflared in its DNS mode, however, the binary file was much too big (~26MB) for the re

After receiving a T-Mobile TMOHS1 hotspot, I was left craving a little more. I hopped on eBay, searched up for an MR1100 hotspot, and found an ATT model with a bad SIM reader for ~$50! Bought it, took a small knife to the gold contacts on the reader, and pushed them up a little, and we're up and running! I've been using the T-Mobile $10 business unlimited tablet plan, and I have read online that T-Mobile specifically blocks the IMEIs of MR1100s unless they're on specific hotspot plans. So my fi

A lovely little hotspot with an even lovelier backdoor.

Warning I'm going to go ahead and say this isn't a task for the weak and feeble. This isn't a method supported by Cloudflare, and could be against their TOS for all I know, thus making this process not straightforward. Summary This process involved installing the Android SDK on Windows with the AVD manager, using some command line knowledge, and knowing how to setup a Wireguard tunnel. We will make a device running Lollipop, as this allows us to extract the Wireguard configuration from the

What is NTP? NTP, or Network Time Protocol is a UDP-based protocol on port 123 that allows computers to sync their time over the internet. NTP servers have different levels on a hierarchy based system, or stratums, with the highest at 0 being the reference clock sources that are not made public and are connected directly to stratum 1 servers, and so on and so forth. Endpoints such as your phone, computer, router, etc, can connect to any server at or below stratum 1. What Is the NTP Pool? The

Luma is one of those Mesh WiFi companies that didn't last very long. The last firmware pushed out for these access points was in January 2018. Over two years ago. Their website, https://lumahome.com, isn't even available anymore. However, the app still works, but don't expect to get any support. So you may be asking yourself, what can I do to these access points to give them more customizability, make them more secure, or just have more control over them? These routers ran a customized version