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DESCRIPTION:- A D-link AP 2000+ Access point.
LOCATION:- On the south side of the Hurstbridge Rd in Diamond Creek
facing north.
OBJECTIVE:- I hope to set up the AP using Cantenna very shortly,
people in Diamond Creek will have to point your antenna towards the
hill behind Ritchies IGA up near the top and you should be OK.
I will be running a DHCP server with possible broadband access to the
internet available.
THIS WEEKEND:- I have found this link to assist in getting POWER OVER
ETHERNET, which i will build up and test prior to putting my AP up
with my cantenna. http://www.nycwireless.net/poe/
I have found that Dick Smith Electronics has the DC plug and socket
and
Middy's in Preston is open on Saturday mornings to by the network
sockets.
CHECKING HOW FAR MY SIGNAL GOES:-
In my notebook I have a Dlink DWL 650+ PCMCIA WiFi [1] NIC
I loaded netstumbler on it from:- www.netstumber.com
Which is described as being a wardriving tool, (_but also displays a
great signal strength graph_)
I found that it did not work, the program reported that my 650+ was
unsupported
A lot of searching around the net and various forums pointed me to
download different types of tools and various utilities, all to no
avail.
A person in one forum stated that he had been able to get a DWL 650+
working with netstumbler, but not with the drivers that came on the CD
with the NIC, the writer advised getting the latest drivers from
Dlink. I went to Dlink's site on the net at www.dlink.com.au and
downloaded the latest drivers. I followed the removal instruction in
the PDF that was included in the downloaded zip file, and then
followed the install instruction.
NETSTUMBLER Now works and displays a wonderful graph.
I will use this tool to check my signal strength in the surrounding
area, when I place my cantenna on the roof.
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?WiFi
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