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THE REGION GROUPS ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
To facilitate more efficient network routing [1], and to help people
organise on a local level, Melbourne has been divided into eleven
geographic regions. The region boundaries lie roughly along the crests
of hilltops, so people within a region should have a reasonable chance
of getting a good Line-Of-Sight [2] to each other.
The Region Groups have their own mailing lists and get-togethers, and
the people in them often help each other out with mast-raisings and so
on.
Note that these boundaries are not set in stone! If you have better
LineOfSight [3] to people in the region next door to you, join that
region instead (in your LocFinder [4] settings). Of course, nothing's
stopping you from getting involved in the activities of any of your
nearby regions.
Which group are you in? Check this detailed map [5] to find out.
The area boundaries superimposed over the current LocFinder [6] Links
Map.
A big version of the above map can be seen here [7].
A huge version of the map can be seen here [8]
You can also look at an 800x800 area map [9] _with_ labels on each
area.
OSPF
OSPF [10] stands for Open Shortest Path First [11]. It is a network
routing protocol used by many nodes on the Melbourne Wireless network.
It relies on "zones" to work out where to route data to. Melbourne has
been divided up into eleven regions to facilitate the organisation of
regional node clusters. OSPF controls the routing within each cluster
(or zone), and the routing of data between clusters. When you create
or edit your node in LocFinder [12] you can specify which Region you
are in. Doing so will ensure you are allocated IP addresses from the
correct address range.(really?)
REGIONAL GROUPS
ID
NAME
1
RGCentral [13]
2
RGWesternPlains [14]
3
RGMaribyrnong [15] encompassing RGNorthWest [16]
4
RGInnerNorth [17] encompassing RGMerri [18]
5
RGDarebin [19] and RGNorthernHills [20]
6
RGNorthEast [21] aka RGYarraNorth [22]
7
RGYarraValley [23]
8
RGInnerEast [24] aka RGEastern [25]
9
RGOuterEasternAndFoothills [26] aka RGDandenongFoothills [27]
10
RGSouthern [28]
11
RGPeninsula [29]
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OTHER AREAS IN VICTORIA
These areas are not Regional Groups of Melbourne Wireless as such,
but we include maps of these areas in case people there want to
register their nodes in LocFinder [30].
* Geelong [31]
* Bendigo [32]
* Shepparton [33]
* Leongatha [34]
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Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Routing
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LineOfSight
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LineOfSight
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[5] http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/nodes/img/area_boundaries.png
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[7]
http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/melbwireless/melbourne.wireless.org.au/mapserver/bigmap.map&imgext=144.55+-38.2+145.45+-37.9&mode=map&imgxy=300+300&layer=rivers&layer=operational&layer=testing&layer=area_boundary_1&layer=area_boundary_2&layer=area_boundary_3&layer=area_boundary_4&layer=area_boundary_5&layer=area_boundary_6&layer=area_boundary_7&layer=area_boundary_8&layer=area_boundary_9&layer=area_boundary_10&layer=area_boundary_11&layer=links
[8]
http://www.melbournewireless.org.au/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/elbwireless/melbourne.wireless.org.au/mapserver/huge.map&imgext=144.55+-38.2+145.45+-37.8&mode=map&imgxy=640+512&layer=rivers&layer=operational&layer=testing&layer=area_boundary_1&layer=area_boundary_2&layer=area_boundary_3&layer=area_boundary_4&layer=area_boundary_5&layer=area_boundary_6&layer=area_boundary_7&layer=area_boundary_8&layer=area_boundary_9&layer=area_boundary_10&layer=area_boundary_11&layer=links
[9]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/cgi-bin/mapserv41?map=/home/melbwireless/melbourne.wireless.org.aumapserver/melbourne-800x800.map&imgext=144.8+-37.4+145.5+-38.92&mode=map&imgxy=185+185&zoom=-1.7&layer=areas&layer=links
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OSPF
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OSPF
[12] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGCentral
[14] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGWesternPlains
[15] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGMaribyrnong
[16] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGNorthWest
[17] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGInnerNorth
[18] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGMerri
[19] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGDarebin
[20] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGNorthernHills
[21] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGNorthEast
[22] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGYarraNorth
[23] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGYarraValley
[24] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGInnerEast
[25] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGEastern
[26] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGOuterEasternAndFoothills
[27] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGDandenongFoothills
[28] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGSouthern
[29] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?RGPeninsula
[30] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?LocFinder
[31] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Geelong
[32] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Bendigo
[33] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Shepparton
[34] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Leongatha
[35] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?TheEvolvingFAQ
[36] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Home
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