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From: Oleg Kutkov <contact@olegkutkov.me>
To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
Subject: Re: [Starlink] Starlink terminal detector
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 05:03:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d38a5288-bdba-4338-ff86-04655e18ec32@olegkutkov.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAA93jw7N5KmxPoUTAQ7N4kVMHgNX16LF5e+kZzL1r6nS4_MpKg@mail.gmail.com>

Actually, there is nothing special.

You can capture WiFi beacons and get a BSSID with a good directional 
antenna. 10 - 15 km it's not a problem.

They are filtering Starlink router BSSID to figure out that somewhere 
there is Starlink.
Starlink WiFi router uses Tibro corp. (74:24: prefix).
On 12/19/22 04:41, Dave Taht via Starlink wrote:
> Starlink detector boasted about... 10km range.
>
>
> https://www.notebookcheck.net/Starlink-terminal-detection-radar-to-enter-testing-in-Ukraine-as-per-Russian-military-blogger.675439.0.html 
>
>
> I would have figured on starlinks less further front, combined with 
> non los radios and ptp wifi being viable. Targeting every wifi 
> transmitter is a low percentage play, and adhoc modes for directional 
> wifi with synthetic mac's harder to distinguish ...
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Starlink mailing list
> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net
> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink

-- 
Best regards,
Oleg Kutkov


  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-19  3:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-19  2:41 Dave Taht
2022-12-19  3:03 ` Oleg Kutkov [this message]
2022-12-19  3:22   ` Oleg Kutkov
2022-12-19  4:49     ` David Lang
2022-12-19 15:54       ` Eric
2022-12-19 16:07         ` Dave Taht
2022-12-19 23:34           ` Ulrich Speidel
2022-12-20  0:46             ` Oleg Kutkov
2022-12-20  0:50               ` Gary E. Miller
2022-12-19 20:46         ` Hayden Simon

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