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* About [1]
* Status [2]
* Hardware [3]
* Software [4]
* LOS [5]
* TODO [6]
ABOUT
At the home of TimshelKnollMiller [7], west bank of the Maribyrnong
[8] River, Footscray.
STATUS
I'm currently still collecting components to get NodeDDE [9] up and
running - currently all I've got is the actual system which the
wireless card will go in eventually (an old Dell Latitude CPi A400XT
laptop with a broken screen). Initially I hope to get up and running
in IBSS with a HomeBrew [10] cantenna, but I hope to eventually
HomeBrew [11] an OmniAntenna [12] and run as an AccessPoint [13],
providing DHCP, OSPF, IPv6 and more.
Currently my home network consists of a number of NetBSD [14], Debian
GNU/Linux [15] woody and sid / Windoze 98 / 2000 / XP boxes, running
both IPv4 and IPv6 over ethernet.
HARDWARE
(still gathering)
* Dell Latitude CPi A400XT laptop (Pentium II 400 MHz) / Dell
OptiPlex [16] GXPro desktop
* Enterasys/Cabletron [17] RoamAbout [18] wireless card, flashed
with ORiNOCO [19] 8.72.1 firmware [20]
* Ricoh PCI -> PCMCIA cradle [21] in the Dell desktop
* Home Brewed [22] Cantenna [23] from Golden Circle juice cans
SOFTWARE
NetBSD [24]. And nothing less accepted I can't recommend it highly
enough, NetBSD [25]'s networking is second to none.
LOS
* SOUTH EAST: Good LOS to the south-east over the Docks (not many
people living in that area though
* EAST: Good LOS to east bank of Maribyrnong in Kensington, also LOS
to west-facing high areas of North Melbourne and as far as the city
* NORTH EAST: can see much of the south-west facing parts of Ascot
Vale and Flemington - however a large object (the Flemington
Racecource grandstand) obscures a section of this area. :-(
* NORTH: Decent LOS as far as Essendon in this direction.
Not much else to see in other directions, minimal LOS to the south,
even less to the west and north-west.
TODO
* Do more general wireless testing / playing
* Get myself an ISA -> PCMCIA adapter to use at home (I don't have
any PCI2.2 compliant PC's) :-( If you've got one you want to get rid
of, please contact me ...
* Finish building and test my home-brew cantennas - still need to
get pigtails for my Enterasys Card [26]. I also do the "other" sort of
home brewing, so I want to test how homebrew kit cans go as cantennas
...
* Read up on and play around with various protocols, including OSPF
(Zebra [27] / Quagga [28]) and IPSEC
* Get up on the roof and set up some kind of antenna mast. My
housemate actually scored a 12M mast from somewhere, but I think it's
too tall to legally use without a permit.
* Borrow a digital camera and take some photos from my roof, then
post them for all to see ...
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#about
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#status
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#hardware
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#software
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#los
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#todo
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?TimshelKnollMiller
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGMaribyrnong
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeDDE
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[12] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OmniAntenna
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?AccessPoint
[14] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NetBSD
[15] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Debian
[16] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OptiPlex
[17] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysCards
[18] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RoamAbout
[19] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Orinoco
[20] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysFirmware
[21] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Carriers
[22] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[23] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Cantenna
[24] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NetBSD
[25] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NetBSD
[26] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysCards
[27] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Zebra
[28] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Quagga
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