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NodeGUV [2] currently consists of a Entrasys/Cabletron Roamabout
802.11b card in a pc within my home in Mt. Martha, serving the
services seen on the node page in addition to a
WRT54G(GUV.melbournewireless.org.au) and a DWL
900+(dlink.GUV.wireless.org.au). There are a couple of laptop clients
floating about in addition to this. Routing is something that I'm
working on at the moment, just perfecting the software side of things
before throwing gear on the roof. Check out my LAN visio. [3]
Currently broadcasting in IBSS [4] over a small radius using an omni
I made! [5] Range of about 100m as the signal is getting ripped to
shreds as it journeys through brick, trees and fences from the antenna
located inside the house. Similarly, BSS [6] from the WRT54G & Dlink
units using stock antenna currently probably won't reach that far. --
although the Dlink picks up an AP over 6km away!
CONNECTING...
Set your SSID to GUV.melbournewireless.org.au or
dlink.GUV.wireless.org.au and contact Tom Fifield [7] for more
information.
PLANS
* mount my antennas on the (2 storey high) roof
* move the wireless machine & router into a better location
* establish a link to ... anyone!
A major problem currently is getting on my all-too-high roof, if you
have a very long ladder I would like to Hear from you [8]!
GEAR
* Enterasys Card [9] with Pigtail [10]
* Ricoh Chipset PCI-->PCMCIA riser
* Cantenna [11]
* CoaxCollinear [12]
* 25dbi Hills Grid
* 15dbi PacMon [13] (Galaxy) Mod
* 8dbi Superpass Omni
* 5m LMR-400 M-F
* Linksys WRT54G Flashed with Alchemy with Pigtail [14]
* Dlink 900AP+ with Pigtail [15]
* DEC|Roamabout AP (semi-functional)
* RadioLAN [16] 5.8GHz DockStation [17] & Client
LINEOFSIGHT
Took some piccys for you all . . .
* QuickTime VR Panorama of the NE [18] (1050kb)
* North eastish in a higher-res JPEG [19] (1774kb)
* To the south [20] (424kb)
* Larger view of the \'channel\' of sight to the North, accross the
water [21] (994kb)
These were taken from the first storey of the house -- it just is
_not_ possible to get on the second. (Please prove me wrong!)
I have
* negligible sight to the south, southeast and so on - Trees, Trees
more Trees and a hill (Mt. Martha!)
* Great line to the north & North east especially in two 'channels'
between trees and houses.
* A row of trees to the West overflow: auto; border: 1px solid;
padding: 3px;"> 14/06/05 - New server, yay
07/06/05 - Have been in communication with all nodes in the area in
recent days. Positive responses on the whole -- could get some green
lines happening soon!
My original WRT unit has moved up to ISD in Melbourne, so a new one
was purchased and is at home nicely.
I noticed today that the DLINK AP is (consistently) picking up Xnet
in mornington with the stock antenna! amazing stuff. I can't believe
it.
I've made an enclosure for the dlink, and it is currently mounted on
the mast, with the 15 grid. Although inside the house Looking to fix
that soon!
27/12/04 - toby [22] gave me all this cool gear to play with! Sent an
email to GXU, still waiting to hear back ... where are you Quinn?!
26/11/04 - Got Quagga/Zebra running on mtmartha, looking at openvpn
for it now. Kismet is still being rather annoying. In other news, I've
purchased a 1.8m hockey-stick style mast for mounting in the near
future. Looks stunning with both dishes on it (photos to follow,
after I get my workstation running again). Thinking about getting an
enclosure for the Linksys, and doign some PoE [23] hacking. Also found
a drainpipe lying around that looks like it want's to become a
waveguide.
25/11/04 - Took some photos
24/11/04 - Tinkering, Tinkering as always ... damn near fell off the
roof trying to get the tv antenna (+mast) down to see if I could throw
a grid up there as a temporary measure - I certainly can't do it
alone. This roof is a bitch! I can't quite reach anything of use (i.e.
that bit of wood under the gutter used for mounting stuff to ) Might
take some photo tommorrow or something. In other news, there appears
to be a new (belkin54g) AP down the road . . . wohoo! I've thought of
perhaps moving some gear down to the lifesaving club for the summer;
email on the beach mmm. At least there I can get on the roof easily!
8/11/04 - Damn I love bargains! Have just purchased another Enterasys
Card [24] with Pigtail [25] from TroyMitchell [26] for $20, who was
kind enough to throw in an unmodified 15dBi Galaxy for free! Going to
have fun with that after my final exam on Wednesday.
17/10/04 - progress halting while exams are going on
29/09/04 - Cable is here today - I have everything ready to setup the
node.
28/9/04 - Today have recieved a WRT54G, which I purchased off eBay,
cable should be here within days - It's good to have some extra gear
to play with. I guess I now have to look at getting a pigtail for this
baby. Money, money, money.
7/9/04 - The Cable [27] should be here some time next week (thanks
vak!). Quinn [28] sent me an email asking about a link - when I get
the cable, will take a look at that. Friend James, of HIQ has also
expressed interest in a link, as I'm about the only area he has LoS
[29] to. Things are happening! Oh, I still haven't managed to get
Quagga running yet -- laugh at me .. think I might settle for a
binary.
24/08/04 - Have just stumbled onto Xnet (EBB) while looking for HZL.
That's 6.28KM with a peak SNR of 34, average 30 according to Enterasys
client utility!
3/08/04 - 25Db grid arrived today! Waiting on some cable from vak
[30] currently. With NodeFOB [31] having attached a new 14db waveguide
pointed down this way, who knows what could happen After driving past
NodeGXU [32] twice nearly every day since it's been up, I'm not liking
the trees surrounding it. Openmosix continues to run fine, and bind is
working impeccably for SPFM.local.
29/07/04 - Node is once again operational : running
2.4.22-openmosix-r11, currently in a 3 node cluster!! I'm having a few
issues trying to compile Quagga/Zebra, but it's coming along - kismet
is working fine, as is lmsensors. I was looking at getting my Logitech
Quickcam hooked up to this, but ... we'll see.
24/07/04 - Have temporarily shutdown the wireless - Its moving to a
new box, running Gentoo and OSPF routing when I get it running.
Previously it was an XP Network bridge.
23/07/04 - Made enquiries about a 24dBi Grid from a couple of
vendors.
20/07/04 - Sent an email to HZL [33] to see what status is.
07/07/04 - Homemade Omni [34] put into operation - with good results.
05/07/04 - Start making CoaxCollinear [35]
CategoryNode [36]
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/nodes/view?id=GUV
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGUV
[3] http://www.gummay.net/dropbox/LAN.jpg
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?IBSS
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CoaxCollinear
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?BSS
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/users/?gummAY
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/users/?gummAY
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysCards
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Pigtail
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Cantenna
[12] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CoaxCollinear
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PacMon
[14] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Pigtail
[15] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Pigtail
[16] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RadioLAN
[17] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?DockStation
[18] http://www.bdzone.net/~gummay/dropbox/GUV-northeast.mov
[19] http://www.bdzone.net/~gummay/dropbox/GUV-northeast.jpg
[20] http://www.bdzone.net/~gummay/dropbox/GUV-south.jpg
[21] http://www.bdzone.net/~gummay/dropbox/Northish.JPG
[22] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?toby
[23] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PoE
[24] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?EnterasysCards
[25] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Pigtail
[26] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?TroyMitchell
[27] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CoaxialCable
[28] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGXU
[29] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LoS
[30] http://melbournewireless.org.au/users/?vak
[31] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeFOB
[32] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?NodeGXU
[33] http://melbournewireless.org.au/maps/?view=HZL
[34] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CoaxCollinear
[35] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CoaxCollinear
[36] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?CategoryNode
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