[MLB-WIRELESS] tonights meet

[Will Lanigan]

well i didnt go on friday because i really couldnt stand sitting through a
traditional meeting where we were to be "spoonfed information" as per usaul.
from what i hear the more casual meeting would have been something that i
would have enjoyed a greal deal, i'm sorry i missed it :(
i do however feel that it might be good to vary the style of meetings...
sure its nice to have a representative from some company come and talk but
perhaps only once every couple of months?

well that's my food for thought

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristan Gulyas" <zardoz at 2600.org.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 1:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] tonights meet


> Just thought I'd add a few things.
>
> THe meeting didn't follow the normal structure.  This time, people came
> along, some of us brought notebook PCs, handheld devices and various
> wireless gizmos and were doing things with them, such as the Speak Easy
> system which Tony had running (awesome!).  Rob brought a Compaq notebook
> running RedHat and DHCP (thanks, Rob!) and the network worked pretty well.
>
> People had more of a chance to talk to each other, ask questions, get
> answers and meet people.  In my opinion, a refreshing change from the
usual
> routine of a presentation where people sit down for an hour or two while
> they are spoonfed information....  There was a good chance to play wround
> with wireless gear, too.  Julian was there with some gear, as was vaskos
> with his usual assortment of Enterasys PCMCIA wireless cards and pigtails
to
> suit.
>
> What do you guys want to see at the meetings?  The suggestion which has
been
> put forward has been to alternate between styles of meetings.
>
> .t
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony Langdon, VK3JED" <vk3jed at optushome.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 1:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] tonights meet
>
>
> > At 11:31 PM 13/09/2002 +1000, you wrote:
> >
> > >/me reminds someone who attended to post a summary of what _went down_
> > >to the list
> >
> > Well, it was a more informal meeting this time around.  Once the hall
and
> > BBQ was setup, everyone set about the task of building a WLAN.  Tristan
> > supplied the AP, and we got a network happening.  As for IP addresses,
we
> > tried using DHCP using a Win XP box, which was partially successful.  In
> > the end, a Red Hat 7.3 DHCP server was pressed into service which
> performed
> > much better.  Most machines got their address of that, while the last
few
> > stubborn ones were manually given static IPs.
> >
> > Once the network was up, a Speak Freely conference server was setup and
> > everyone proceeded to setup Speak Freely and join the party.  It was
king
> > of like the heyday of CB. :)  A number of people decided to try and see
> how
> > far they could get.  One got to the Geebung pub, another across the far
> > side of the footy oval and a couple headed east, with ranges as much as
> > 200m using various antennas.
> >
> > Later in the evening, we switched from the server based conference to IP
> > multicasting, which got a little confusing for some, as some IP stacks
> > enforce looping back of one's own audio (e.g. Win 9x).
> >
> > All in all, a night of fun tinkering. :)
> >
> > 73 de Tony, VK3JED
> > http://vkradio.com
> >
>
>
>
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