Making your own 2G GSM cell network in 2023 (for cheap)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Hello guys , today I am going to show you how to make your own GSM base station for relatively cheap.
The SDR : www.ebay.com/i...
Getting started guide :
drive.google.c...
(old link was dead so i uploaded it on google drive)
Prebuilt ISO : iplinkme.com/
""Laptop without the top. Its basically a lap"" 😂😂
Maybe a Lapwot ?
It's a laptop, without the screen.
heehe that is funny...lap. LOL
It's topless
@@SimulatedGoatit's sexy right...
My friend, I love your lap without the top, the taped together wires, and the cardboard box with a fan and antenna cut out 😂 This is what good salvage projects look like, using what you have and making it work. I mean this genuinely, stuff like what you're doing here in this video is going to become more and more important over the next few decades. It's becoming less and less likely that we'll be able to rely to on our governments and big corporations to provide the technological services we need, and hobbyists like yourself (and hopefully me as well, soon) will be the ones to lead the way.
Good use of hardware that otherwise would go to rubbish tip
It's called topless not lap
Yeah i agree hacking interms of stuff like is an importsnt skill and i say keep up to help deploy a network if your nabors dont have internet. Rigjt now i hate paying 60$ for 200mb service if the nabors all threwn in we could all have faster internet for way cheeper. But you know if the isp gets wind im sure they have rules to prevent us from doing exactly that,
And I thot I was the only one coming here bc of general distrust of my gov and how stable they are or if I’ll ever need to use this to get around there system they own
@@methe7738:3 Nice nice. 🤝😅😌🤓👨💻🐀
I don't know if buddy went out of his way to make this as jank as possible for the camera, or if this is genuinely just thrown together scrap, but either way I love it.
Gotta love it 😂
I have challenged this project, too. I am so sad that our country has stopped supporting GSM networks.
Lmao which country is that 😂😂
@@thuggy67 South Korea 😭
More precisely, my country never supported it. They first started with the CDMA method.
@@jungyeonho omg
this kind of setup would be great to have as prepping tools, - with entire spare systems packed in grounded metal boxes and ready to deploy instantly... - I have recently been studying VOIP and looking at Ham Radio... the things that you have here can connect to those things - I think so!!!
...I lived many years in Paleochora Crete and always had visions of a local area network in that village...
Yeah just look at NZ cyclone they had no mobile phone network. Atleast a small cell would be very usefull
Prepping rn I think is more and more needed given how terrible our gov is if your in US
yeahhh, it also has that Half Life 2 vibe, where rebels communicating between outposts in dystopian, apocalyptic world...
@@ZEMRALEX - in that case there must be a coms link inserted that has single side band = that cool az fook voice effect from star wars 'red leader to gold leader, commencing attack run...'
This guy has literally made comms out of the electronic junk.
Now i don't know what we're paying for to ISPs
a quality connection and thousands of towers
@c6amp idk bro get a better isp lol
@c6amp I've got a tower just down the road, and it's still not great.
@c6amp rip
wdym with junk? Apart from that laptop, i can't see what the junk is
McGyver would be proud of you. Thanks for an awesome video. I really enjoyed it. Cheers 😊
Amazing work! You create an entire network even with GPRS!! Please, do more videos now explaining how to configure programs and system used? Maybe explaining how GPRS can be achieved through an 2g net?
I wish i could create more videos but sadly i somehow broke my radio.
@@laptopfm Can you order another one or fix it?
@@laptopfm you need to make sure it is not susceptible to frequencies and can withstand overpower from outside source i bet they fried your radio.
@@tech_and_stuff_2022 It will be a while before i reorder one. And i tried to fix it but i have no idea whats wrong
Receiver to sesnsitive
This is really cool. This guy reminds me of how the villian from Iron Man 2 made weapons out of scrap electronics.
Mickey Rourke ... lol
Love it... sketchy as hell, just like i used to be... and still am to a degree... theres so much redundant tech available for cheap on the net that can be put to good use by people like us who have the drive and just enough knowledge about it to reaserch and find what we need to get it working.....👍👍 oh and your not the only one to use a lap... ive had a few over the years and they are perfectly functional for a job....
Understand the concept but I want to know detailed about how you made it. How you configured it. How you set the numbers or something like that. Basically I want to see the detailed setup part. This video is a test part part.
I am planning on making detailed video when i have more time.
I love your accent. It reminds me of fake accents we did as kids when pretending to be a foreign spy or something 😁 so cool! Our american accents are boring. 😢
Hey..that looks pretty much like my little projects..taped into cardboard box, screws missing, and parts of unidentifiable old elektronics...only important, that it works in the end😂. Kudos to you..well done
BOGE-MANNESMAN german company patent holder for the GSM 1 2 3 network system. Impressive video.😮
Πολύ χάρηκα που βρήκα Έλληνα που να έχει παρόμοια τρέλα με εμένα, ωραίος!
Χαίρομαι που δεν είμαι ο μόνος.
Camera is very Cinematic. Love it!
Ok. This is a good start to my project. I want to built a conversion from 4g cell signal to 2g signal I can use in an old device. All I need is probably a wifi hotspot that connect to cell tower
Did you get anywhere on this? I want to do something similar.
let us know if you got it working btw
@@wcypierre1989 Yes please, I want a 4G to 2G converter!
I have people that sound so believable but disappear and never reply to comments . Lame
@@joefarrin Well I would love if you were able to make that, and would buy one of you took it to market.
Totally genius... I've got this entire setup for the Nokia 7190...but I'm scared to turn it on in the United States....but I'm so thankful that someone explained this... finally...thank you, soo much for doing this :)
Hey man! How did it work?
i have had tons of fun with my blade sdr gonna try try this right now thx for giving me something to do today cheers from Canada
If you have a blade rf can can even do 4G !
@@laptopfm been messing around messing around thanks ideas gonna deploy at my hunt camp
You really make a good case here on keeping an older computer on hand that can run the older OS versions. I hadn't thought of that before.
Love the jank, makes life more interesting.
Reminds me of the time I built my own FM transmitter that was so bad it basically transmitted on the whole spectrum, I ran it for about half an hour before i realised i lived less than 500m from an amateur radio club. That was close.
Greetings from Serbia, You've got a new subscriber!
Wow, this will be immensely useful because T-mobile is trying to shutdown 2G in the USA in 2024, maybe it can be adapted for mobile use
Yes
BASED👍
you forgot to like.
Thank you, I like this for retro phones
Χαοτική δημιουργικότητα. Πολύ ενδιαφέρον πρότζεκτ αλλά επίσης φαίνεται πολύ δυσκολο.
Μιλούσες στο βίντεο και σκεφτόμουν "κάπου έχω ξανα ακούσει αυτήν την προφορά, αααα ναι σαν και την δική μου".
Just bought a Phillips CPAP and it has a GSM plus GPS module! Good ideas!
I’ve now got to make this at home
Εξαιρετική δουλειά! Μπράβο! Με "απλά" υλικά ένα λειτουργικό setup!
😮 this is AMAZING 🤩👏 I'm definitely trying this project 😁👌🇬🇪 respect from Georgia 😉
My favorite topic ❤thank you
And I decide to subscribe your Channel ❤❤
I just subscribed without a blink. I love your work man. .. will be following as time goes by
Would be very nice when you can do some future videos about this GSM related stuff. It is very interesting.
I will try to make more. especialy when i get custom sim cards.
In fact, I'll build a lot and set it up in my locality for students, thank you so much for these great ideas
Thanks for this, I wanted to set up a 2G network for my phones since I’m my country 2G will shut down soon.
13:52 it even made that iconic GSM connection sound
amazing work, good luck for future
I love your proyects dude, awesome information.
This is awesome; I did something similar, and I miss it 😂
I am enjoying this a lot. Gonna share.
awesome video i really liked it, and you explained everything very well thank you
7:34 "Is it legal ?"
εγω που μιλαω παρανομα με ραδιοερασιτεχνεστ στο repeater του παναχαϊκου εδω και 2 χρωνια: "λογικα"
Hi, it would be highly appreciated if you can guide us through the setup process of openbts using the USRP. Nevertheless an amazing setup and video bruv!
Awesome build
Thank you !
Are you impressed? Im impressed.
Amazing video
imagine your neighbour just stealing your entire 2g network 🤣🤣🤣
why
Pure ASMR.
In Sweden there is a frequency band 1875,0-1880,0 MHz that is free for indoor usage.
All of our Parking Meters were switched to 'Pay by Phone'.... but since 2G was turned off ...NONE of them work LOL😅..
Idiots!
Nice work keep it up bro and thanks for information
Τρούλι αμέιζινγκ!👏
hi i have seen the video of the GSM server and i love it. It would be nice to have the subtitles or create the same video in other languages, such as Spanish, which would open the door to some 500 million Spanish speakers.
If you speak Italian I can help you
Awesome project, subscribed!
Very interesting to do. Will there a GPRS video be made once the radio works again?
Holy shit i dont have the budget to do this but the acer aspire without a screen is genius. I have a aspire with a broken screen and i might do this lmao
Well I understood nothing technically. But it was very very interesting. thanks.
It's all Greek to me 😂
Rely on the theory of.. CBA
Most network Bulls would rather presume it is just a coincidental blip... than bother to stop scrolling instagram and put down their sandwich.
Yoo, that's nice. i need this kind of stuff!
This is awesome 👏 what about calling the numbers in other networks? Does it also work?
The radio station sound was the best feeling sound to get back in years thx ❤
❤❤ that is cool i never seen someone did it before...
I would like to build it! Will it work while I am so far away from my station? Thank you for sharing your amazing work dude!
i managed to get 400meters in a city with a tiny antenna and a not very good line of sight. Also thank you for your nice comment :)
Basicaly this is one of the best and worst tutorials I have ever seen :D
Thank's for great video! I installed OpenBTS and I connect usrp rad-1. but I can't find any usrp-rad1 driver. So can you tell me about how can I install usrp rad-1 driver? Thank's!
I just use the pre-made ubuntu image which was everything preinstalled and ready to go. You can find this iso on this website :kb.iplinkme.com/
Thank you for your help! I have successfully installed OpenBTS, and now I have one more question. How can I set up VoIP and make calls to a phone? Thank you!
@@mymonet1ful Sorry for being so late, for setting up VoIP sipphone trunks and such search guides for asterisk since thats what this uses for voip.
what is the coverage distance?
URAN-1 Kit - 52Mhz USRP based OpenBTS SDR GSM Base Station
That depends on your antenna. But i managed to receive signals 400meters away with some buildings
in between.
very long time ago onno w. purbo from indonesia has created this .. named the project openBTS
edging to this rn
Αγορι μου, εχω έτοιμο το voip δυκτιο συνδεδεμενο με το σταθερο μου ως trunk σε ενα Thinkpad ως voip server. Θα κρεμάσω κι ενα τέτοιο μαυζαφλαρι και ενα δυο τηλεφωνα με κουμπιά για το σπιτι . Πρεπει να βρω κατι βέβαια να κανει auth με το iemi να μην μπαινει όποιος καημένος θέλει.
I was wondering, is there any way to use another cellphone instead of the radio?
Yes actualy there is a gsm chip in some motorola phone that can be used as a base station. this link might help you github.com/spm81/CalypsoBTS
80€ are quite okay, but the 50€ shipping is quite expensive, especially if you need to pay customs for both :(
I agree but this is actually the cheapest option i found. Other radios cost a ton.
Considering most other DIY GSM implementations run in to the thousands, this is an absolute bargain
Yes but this is still vastly cheaper, just ordered one!
@@Rettro404 Nice , i hope you enjoy your gsm experiments and if you need any help fell free to join my discord server.
@@_chocky at least you don‘t have to go through customs now apparently because 19% VAT are already surcharged in the price. I just wonder if a UMTS/4G cell would be possible (without expecting usable speeds, just for creating a test network). If so, I may consider buying one but I haven‘t found anything usable.
very cool man! i love this
So, can we use it to call other numbers without paying for phone bills? Also, it is just that we call call numbers within the area which your sdr cover or can we use it to call phone numbers the whole country ? Also, how does this enable users to connect to internet ?
Hey this may be late however im wondering the range of this GSM base station. Most providers in the us use the same frequency as the base station and they do not take well when people decide to use there spectrum without a licence. Also what band of GSM does it broadcast on? Thanks!!
μια χαρα!! αν και εμεις βλεπω να εχουμε gsm για αλλα 10 χρονια ;)
Teşekkürler 😊
Какая дистанция получается между двумя gsm телефонами? И можно ли позвонить на другого провайдера? Hello, please ask, distance between cellphones which maximum range? Can i cell on real another base station operator's?
Is it possible to setup your own private APN gateway and connect to it via regular carrier network?
Is it possible to do this with older flip phones? I have two of them I'd like to connect to a private network of some sort and send data between each of them and a PC.
Since its just a GSM network you can connect older flip phones to it.
Thats sick man
this is awesome
Wonderful. I've been trying to set up the same. Please share link to Discord.
discord.gg/WXVg42ee here it is
@@laptopfm its expired, can i get the new discord server link?
@@hiekinakamuraYou can use link in my about page.
can these send messages or make call to phone numbers which are not on the same networks
Yes and no. You will need to set something up like freepbx or switch that can do that. Then you will need to setup some sip trunks for the phone numbers so that way you can call other peoples that are not in the network. With all this you will need to be connected to the internet.
With a sip trunk you can.
@@laptopfm the problem here in the USA is if a license is needed to run this. Even for testing and it’s on24/7?
@@DiyintheGhetto I am sure you can find and find a pair of empty spectrum to use but of course at low power and no i dont run it 24/7.
@@laptopfm I have two pbx servers.
Cool video!
I wonder if i can use Hewlett Packard 8922M GSM for that?
Hello there, I am planning to try this.
Which frequency range is the correct one for the SDR?
Please tell me what would be the range between the base and the mobile phone, and if data can be shared with this type of network?
Dear you did not told about its range please tell us what is its range.
help ! any solutions for brick phones / flip phones like Motorola 5200, 7200 and 7500 in 2024 ?? all 2g networks have gone on earth
May have been stated in the video, and I missed it. But what is the range of this? Does that depend on your router? Like how far am I going to be able to reach the people within the network that I'm trying to build?
Woww!!!! Amazing!!!
Hey the getting started link doest work it says the domain is for sale
drive.google.com/file/d/1qe0pXqqxMItIj4BLS9vuA3uFsV-tinzW/view?usp=sharing
@@laptopfm thank you
Acer aspire laptop, φίλος εξακολουθεί να χρησιμοποιεί 😊 ένα υπέροχο PC
Can I give you HP laptop? It has i5 CPU 4 GB and 740 GB drive. It looks new no damages. It only needs battery
Too much Top..
Simple question, i have a old Nokia 3310 who works on 2G.
There are still providers available here, Vodafon and Kpn.
I have a sim in the Nokia 3310 for Kpn and it works fine.
But if i want to make a 2G network, how do i program a sim card to use my own network?
Otherwise other phones can connect with my network.
You can use any old sim you have just go on the manual network selection and pick your network.
Good stuff.
I like this video very much ````````thanks for making this video ```````````thanks with ❤️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Show how to set up please .
Sadly the radio that i used broke and i cant make any more videos with it, but if you get it i will be able to help you since it actualy isn't that hard.
amazing project! what is the range of this by the way? a kilometer?
It depends on the antenna / SDR ( software defined radio) you use.
I got like 400meter semi line of sight. if i go to a flat area i will make sure to test it, altho transmitting that far isn't very legal.
Could you explain how you modded that ethernet bridge? I have the same router and I want to add a big antenna for big range. Also, did you mod it to support 1Gb or its just 100MB
I cut one of the internal antennas using a razon blade and i soldered an sma cable like this : cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/746089911194484748/1133153658079563897/IMG_2878.jpg
I like the broken latop used as a server my style totally everone wants reasberry pies but with those u dont even get a case while most out of date laptops are faster have a built in hard drive and UPS if the battery still works. Its also easy to disable the auto sleep when you close the lid not sure why yours was powering off randomly one thing to note is most laptops have a reed switch which gets engaged when a small magnet smwhere in the lid gets close to the closed position . So keep magnets away or nano /etc/systemd/logind.conf. also keep the webcams out of the lids they can soldered to a normal usb cable.
I think it was the phone and the transmitter being close to the sensor that somehow triggered it.