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04/07/2009 - First Entry. Recently purchased an Asus WL-520GU after
having no luck hunting down a pre V5 WRT54G, looks like everyones
snapped them up.
Started on making an antenna mast. I'm renting a new house, so
additions are a no-go (ones that are visible . Planning to make the
mast free standing with 2x4" pine, 100mm PVC and a road safety bollard
i stole many year ago. Picture it like a packing crate, with the
bollard held in the middle, with the PVC slipped over that. I have up
to 8m of PVC available, but will probably only use 6m, wind would have
too much leverage to knock the mast over, and would require more
LMR-400 (currenly have 5m).
Made a Cantenna with help from http://www.elf-et-al.com/cantenna/ .
Its rough as guts, but works well for what it is. duct taping broom
handles managed to reach node JPL @ -87db in VistaStumbler [1], who is
5km+ away. Not bad, considering between lies the Princes FWY, a power
station and trees.
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EQUIPMENT
I currently own:
- Asus WL-520GU (flashed to DD-WRT v.24)
- D-link DWA-547 RangeBooster [2] N
- Belkin USB dongle
- Belkin 54G router
I run Windows Vista, Spare Machine will run Linux distro - unsure
yet. AMD XP2000, 20Gb and 512MB.
Photo up shortly of node.
SERVICES
Soon
PLANS
I intend to link up to JPL or JUK, these are my closest operational
nodes.
I have already made several cantenna's - for such a crude device they
work OK!
PROBLEMS
Girlfriend (thinks mast makes the house look 'ugly')
More reading on how to setup node, still very green to Wireless.
CategoryNode [3]
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?VistaStumbler
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RangeBooster
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CategoryNode
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