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NODEDDE
ABOUT
At the home of TimshelKnoll [1], west bank of the Maribyrnong River,
Footscray.
Right near the mobile phone tower in East Footscray ... hrm is that
tower going to cause me problems ???
STATUS
I'm currently still collecting components to get NodeDDE [2] up and
running -
currently all I've got is the actual system which the wireless card
will go
in eventually (an Pentium 75/40Mb RAM). Initially I hope to get up
and running
in IBSS with a HomeBrew [3] cantenna, but I hope to eventually
HomeBrew [4] an
OmniAntenna [5] and run as an AccessPoint [6], providing DHCP, OSPF,
IPv6 and more.
Currently my home network consists of a number of Debian GNU/Linux
[7] woody and sid / Windoze 98 / 2000 / XP boxes, running both IPv4
and IPv6 over ethernet.
HARDWARE
(still gathering)
* Pentium 75, 40Mb RAM. Hopefully this will do what I need it to
* Enterasys [8] RoamAbout [9] wireless card
* Ricoh PCI -> PCMCIA cradle, doesn't work in any of my boxes, since
I don't have anything that supports PCI2.2. As such both this and my
Enterasys card are in testing at a friend's place who has 2 PCI2.2
computers (not running Linux, unfortunately)
* HomeBrewed [10] cantenna
SOFTWARE
Debian GNU/Linux [11] woody. And nothing less accepted
Except maybe the upcoming Debian GNU/NetBSD or Debian GNU/FreeBSD
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
NORTH: LOS as far as Essendon in this direction. However, a large
object (Flemington Racecourse grandstand) obscures much of the view 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 ...
* Build and test some home-brew cantennas - I do the "other" sort of
home brewing, so I want to test how homebrew kit cans go as cantennas
...
* Build a faster, better dedicated box than my P75 (hrm, would do if
I had more money ... maybe I should look at buying an old-ish notebook
...
* Read up on and play around with various protocols, including OSPF
(Zebra) and IPSEC (FreeS/WAN)
* 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. I'm not sure how long I'll
be in my current house, either, so might wait and see what the next
house provides ...
* 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/?TimshelKnoll
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeDDE
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OmniAntenna
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?AccessPoint
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Debian
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysCards
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RoamAbout
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HomeBrew
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Debian
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