Sharkfest 2026 Resources
Sharkfest 2026 Resources
Many of these will link to the US version of Amazon, but should be available world-wide.
What matters is the chipset inside, so be sure to get a device with the right innards!
Cheap Linux Hardware
- Lenovo M920Q - Lenovo mini PC
- HP EliteDesk - HP equivalent mini PC
- ZimaBlade - Zimablade micro Intel board, may be more hassle to get working than Lenovo or HP
Wi-Fi
802.11 6e tri-band capable USB (2.5GHz, 5GHz, 6GHz)
- Panda PAU0F AXE3000 - Panda mt792x tri-band, works well in Linux
- eDUP AX3000 - eDUP mt792x tri-band
- Alfa AWUS036AXML - more expensive but reliable mt792x
802.11 dual-band capable USB (2.4GHz, 5GHz)
- Panda PAU0D - mt7612
- Alfa AWUS036ACM - more expensive but reliable, also using the mt7612 chipset
Software
- gr-ieee-80211 - GNU Radio IEEE 802.11a and 802.11g decoder
- Nuand wi-phy - FPGA gateware modem for 802.11n on the Nuand BladeRF SDR
Bluetooth
Hardware
- cc2540 - TI CC2540 BLE sniffer with external antenna
- Bluefruit nrf - Bluefruit NRF5182 sniffer
- Ubertooth One - Discontinued Bluetooth Classic and BTLE discovery tool
- Olimex WCH-BLE Analyzer Pro - Multiple BLE sniffers on one device, but with questionable official software
- WCH-BLE Analyzer Pro via Digikey - Digikey source for the WCH-BLE device
- Sonoff USB - Sonoff USB dongle supported by SniffLE
Software
- SniffLE - Sniffer firmware and tools for multiple hardware devices
- Reverse Engineered WCH-BLE Drivers - Reverse engineered WCH-BLE USB drivers for PCAP on Linux and macOS
- Ice9 SDR sniffer - Mike Ryan’s ice9 Bluetooth sniffer for multiple SDR platforms
- Android HCI Snoop - Directions for using an Android device to snoop
Zigbee
Hardware
- cc2531 - TI CC2531 zigbee sniffer with external antenna
- Sonoff USB - Sonoff USB supported by SniffLE and other tools
Software
- FutureSDR Web Zigbee - Decoding zigbee entirely in the browser using webUSB and wasm
LORA
Hardware
Software
- lorapipe - firmware for sniffing Lora packets on commodity lora radios
- catwan lorasniffer - firmware for sniffing lora packets on catwan multiradio tools
- decoding lora with rtlsdr - rtl-sdr post about decoding lora with cheap radios