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NODE: DJJ [1]
NAME: Rocca(Reservoir)
OWNER: BenG [2]
STATUS: FULLY OPERATIONAL.
Node went live at 6pm on Sunday 2nd March 2003.
If you're looking to connect to me, I have average LOS South and
West, but there are hills to the North and East that I'm sure
eliminate any chance of a linkup in that direction.
Currently linked to NodeGMA [3].
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ON THE AGENDA...
Linking up to the main Melbourne Wirless network. Might need to setup
an intermediate node to get that happening though because the
geography in this area is brutal to wifi. NodeGPR [4] and NodeHAX [5]
are my best candidates, and either should provide a handy AP for
people in the northern suburbs.
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WIRELESS LOGBOOK...
_Monday 4th March, 2002:_ Just got my first wireless connection
going! You can now listen to music in the kitchen courtesy of my
computer in my bedroom. Yes folks, that's an earth-shattering 8 metre
link. Oh well, it's a start...
_Wednesday 8th May, 2002:_ I've come to the realisation that I don't
have anyone in my area to connect to!
_Sunday 15th February, 2003:_ After picking up some cheap equipment,
my node's server has been upgraded to a PIII-700. Also thought I
should document the work I have done configuring it, so have done that
here [6].
_Thursday 27th February, 2003:_ Making progress. Fully configured
wifi server: check. LMR-400 Cable: check. Directional antenna:
arriving soon. Mast: alas, not yet. Might stick the omni on the TV
antenna mast for starters.
_Sunday 2nd March, 2003:_ Node went live tonight. The omni is mounted
on the TV antenna mast, and the 10 metre run of LMR-400 I bought last
week only has a single inch to spare on the run back to my wifi
server!
_Friday 21st March, 2003:_ Discussing possible links with nodes GMA,
FIH and GMJ.
_Wednesday 23rd April, 2003:_ Managed to get one of the _big_
ex-pay-tv dishes, so am working on modifying that for 2.4GHz
operation.
_Thursday 1st May, 2003:_ Testing out the new dish, and it matches my
25 dBi Hills dish for gain, so I'm very pleased. I went with the
instructions on mpot\'s site [7] for the new dipole.
_Tuesday 15th July, 2003:_ I've done some distance testing on my node
to feed my wireless hunger recently. Got 400 metres to the lappy
without an external antenna, and managed to pickup my node from the
top of Mt Cooper in Bundoora park (1.5km) with a 25dBi dish. Not too
shabby. Time to get a mast.
_Tuesday 16th September, 2003:_ Mast is up! Permanently linked to
NodeGMA [8]. Looking to expand...
_Friday 26th December, 2003:_ I've just noticed that I might somehow
have LOS to NodeGUR [9]. I'm hopping on the roof tomorrow to see if I
can pick anything up.
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/nodes/view.php?id=DJJ
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?BenG
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGMA
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGPR
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeHAX
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?SilverStone
[7] http://martybugs.net
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGMA
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGUR
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