Welcome to "DIYTrying."
Arr!
I'm Patrick Norton.
I'm Michael Hand.
Whatcha doing?
Today, I'm making a pirate box.
A pirate box?
A pirate box.
A pirate box.
I just learned about
these, actually.
And it just happens that
version 1.0 of the pirate box
came out recently.
So I thought we'd show it off.
So pirate boxes are the
way to anonymously file
share and communicate
with people
that are in your proximity.
And because we love to build
Raspberry Pi projects--
Raspberry pi.
Yes.
Throw it in there.
And a battery.
So this is basically.
So this is basically
a Wi-Fi access point
that isn't connected
to the internet,
but people can connect to, and
it has a centralized storage.
So if you were a dissident
group in China getting
ready to throw down in the
wake of the 25th anniversary
of the Tienanmen
Square rebellion,
you could use a pirate box
to communicate information
or exchange files without being
on the big bad internet where
all of the crazy
overlord spies and NSA
are watching your every move.
Yeah, or if you're
running an event,
and you want people to
upload pictures, say, to it,
you could set it up and say
connect to this and upload
your pictures.
And that's another
option that you can do.
Or you could take
it to the food court
with a bunch of your friends
and exchange music-- legally
owned music you have the
right to exchange to.
Your sweet demo tapes.
Sweet demo tapes.
So we have this running
on a Raspberry Pi.
And then I also have it
running on a TP link router.
This thing is so cool.
So basically, it's
made to plug in one
of your USB 4G, 3G modems.
And then it has a
battery built in.
And then it makes it into
a Wi-Fi access point.
So at this point, we're
looking at maybe four
to five hours of sustained
battery life off of this.
I didn't realize they
still made these.
They still make them.
And it's cheap.
It's $35 for this
built-in solution.
That's awesome.
The last one of these
I bought was like $125.
Then the Mi-Fi's
showed up, and you
didn't need to buy
one of these anymore.
So let's go in and show
how to set up one of these
because I think this performance
is a little bit better,
and it's way easier.
So we'll show this first.
So I guess, first place
we go is piratebox.de.
Yes, this is where
all the files are.
In this case we're using
the TP Link MR3040.
Like, we said $35 Amazon.
Because it's faster
than the 3020.
Real cheap.
So beyond that, you need
a USB drive, and then
the ethernet cable that
comes with the router.
So like I said, this
is really simple.
All you need to do is
download the pirate box
generic installer, extract
that, put it on the USB drive.
And then you download the
correct firmware for the router
that you're using.
So there was specific
firmware for our MR3040.
So you download that, and then
you log in to the router--
192.168.1.1?
In this case, yes.
It depends on what
your router is.
But in this case,
it was 1.1 did it.
So logged into that, went
into the firmware options,
uploaded the custom
firmware, and then waited.
So you want to make sure that
your USB drive is in there when
it's starting to restart.
And a lot of nothing
happens for a while.
And then, after, like,
10 to 15 minutes, you
have a working pirate box.
It's a little scary
for a minute, I guess.
15 minutes, long time to
install firmware and reboot
your router.
Yeah.
You might think you bricked
it, but you didn't, maybe.
But the website's
very clear saying
that it's going to take a while.
So just be patient.
Or just hope.
Now that my patience is
over, how do I get in?
So once it's restarted, all
you need to do is connect
to the Wi-Fi hot spot which--
Piratebox-sharefreely.
Yeah, it's an open hot spot.
And you can change to, like--
Anything you want.
Got it.
I like the default.
And what do I type in?
Pirate box?
At this point, you
can go to any website.
So you can go to
google.com, if you'd like.
And pirate box.
Pirate box.
So once you're there,
so we had most things up
and running at this point.
So you can start chatting
on the left here.
You can let the
mayhem begin, yes.
Or, on the right, you can
see upload, or browse,
if you want to do that.
But you can choose anything
you'd want to upload to.
TDR bars guide.
OK.
Because you're then looking
for a Cummins diesel.
This is so cool.
And then I hit
the Browse button.
Yeah.
In the browse, you
can see all the things
that are already on there.
Hey.
I don't know how that got there.
What's wrong with my truck?
I put it there.
OK.
I really like the part
down at the bottom--
the pirate box is designed
to be safe and secure.
No logins are required.
No user data is logged.
The system is purposely not
connected to the internet
in order to prevent tracking
and preserve user piracy.
It's real cool.
Yeah.
So at this point, the pirate
box is pretty much working.
There are a few
things you can do you,
like you can add an admin
password, which, probably,
is a good idea.
You can enable forums,
if you want to do that.
Also, DLNA streaming
is an option.
Couldn't get that to work.
But for the most part,
it's good to go now.
It was actually kind of fun.
You said the TP link was
faster than the Raspberry Pi.
Should we talk about
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Cat box.
Not in the cleaning sense.
Yeah, showed off the
recommended installation,
which is very easy,
and I do recommend it.
But we love Raspberry Pi's.
And I like this box, which,
surprisingly, it still works.
So the Raspberry Pi was a
little bit harder to set up,
but it also is
very much following
the instructions on the website.
Just, they leave
out a few things.
So first, what you need to do
is install Raspbian Wheezy,
which is just a base Linux
install that lots of people
have on their
Raspberry Pi's anyway.
Once you do that, there
is a bunch of packages
that you need to get.
So you need to get lighthttpd.
You need--
Did you actually,
manually, pseudo apt
get all of that stuff?
I did, but you can just
paste into the a bash file.
pseudo apt get updated.
pseudo apt get dash y
install [? lightpd ?].
So this a classic get
your terminal window on
and type a lot installation.
Yeah, and this, if you're not
familiar with the Raspberry Pi,
don't do it this way.
But you're just SSHing
into the Raspberry Pi.
And you're doing these commands.
So everything in
the instructions
is great up until it says
you're done, pretty much.
But the problem with the
instructions, at least
the ones that I was
following for the manual
install-- because there isn't an
image released yet for the 1.0
Raspberry release-- up until
the instructions are done,
there's no Wi-Fi access point.
So one further step
that you need to do
is you need to install host
APD-- host AP daemon, I think,
is what it's called.
So this is very much dependent
on the kind of wireless dongle
that you have for
your Raspberry Pi.
Because remember, Raspberry
Pi's are inexpensive.
But they don't include any
form of wireless networking.
Yes.
That's very true.
Basically, this is of the
wireless USB Wi-Fi dongle
that we bought off Amazon.
So to get the host
APD up and running,
there's a nice little
article on eLinux--
If all this sounds
kind of frightening,
you can either go
with the TP Link,
or wait until they
actually create a boot
image specifically
for the Raspberry Pi.
That should make it
a little bit easier.
But if you're just looking.
You don't have any
hardware, I would definitely
go with the TP Link version
because it's so easy.
It has the built in battery.
You don't need the
external battery.
So it ends up being cheaper
than the Raspberry Pi.
Yet another use for the anchor
6,000 milliamp hour external
battery.
These are really nice.
We keep using these for more
and more strange and wonderful
things.
But in any case, you
know have a pirate box
that you can go and deliver
your legally traded files
to other people.
So now, I actually want to
take this, either one of these,
connect it to the giant,
portable, external power
battery pack we built
a couple weeks ago,
and we can have like
hundreds of hours
of pirate boxing in
a field somewhere.
Field party.
I guess in a field,
it wouldn't be weird.
But taking that into
a mall, maybe not.
Yeah, speaking of being
beaten down by mall security.
This is really cool,
though, actually.
I'm excited about this.
Yeah, thank you Germany.
Thank you, Germany.
Well, thank you pirate
box code people.
Thank you piratebox.de.
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I'm Michael Hand.
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[LAUGH]
Come on, do it.
You can do it.
No, I can't do that.
[LAUGH]
That's actually really good.
Ow!
That hurt a lot.
My ribs.
[LAUGH]
