[MLB-WIRELESS] It's soooo quiet...

[Troy Mitchell]

Can do Ben, send me a mail off-list to organise a pickup from moorabbin
or the city tomorrow.

/me drops a pin

Hey, its not quite anymore!..


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Anderson [mailto:a_neb at optushome.com.au] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2003 10:01 PM
> To: Justin; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] It's soooo quiet...
> 
> 
> 
> I'm in desparate need for an antenna... beg, buy, borrow, 
> steal...  Need it tomorrow...
> 
> Anyone?  I can doorstep return it in a few hours...  
> Cantenna, pringles can, yagi, whatever.  To suit an enterasys.
> 
> Doing a feasability study, and need to prove that external 
> 802.11 can go about 500m with a good line of site (easy, huh)
> 
> And yes, it is very quiet?  What's everyone given up trying 
> to decide IP ranges, channel numbers, pro's of zebra, falling 
> off roofs, what cards the best, what linux distro's the 
> best.... ummm... have I missed anything?  ;)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben.
> 
> 
> > Why is the list so quiet? Slammer got your tongues? 
> aaaaaaaahhhh ha ha 
> > ha ha!
> >
> > Oh well, I'll crap on for your entertainment.
> >
> >  I got my mast up. a massive 30 or 40 cm over the legal limit, but 
> > screw
> the
> > regulations I say :) I used the pipe up the inside design 
> as I had no 
> > choice, I could not get pipe to go on the outside. So, I 
> put my mast 
> > up
> and
> > being Australia day long weekend I thought bugger it, the 
> antenna can 
> > wait and I put an Aussie flag up the top of it instead. 
> Cantenna went 
> > half way down it. Do some load testing, signal testing and show my 
> > true colours at the same time. It was great. I had a tear 
> in my eye as 
> > the flag flew high above my house, flapping in the breeze. 
> It good to 
> > be an Aussie :)
> >
> >  Anyway, it did rattle a little as the top is not bolted in place. 
> > It's a 2.5 meter section resting on 1 meter of pipe up the 
> inside. The 
> > inside
> pipe
> > is not a perfect fit, so I wrapped some layers of duct tape (gotta 
> > love
> that
> > stuff) around the top and bottom to stop the movement and make the 
> > contact points softer. Sealed up any holes with roof sealant. Cut a 
> > tile and everything is sweet. As the hole is close to the ridge 
> > capping, I now need to get the roof recemented (repointed?) DOH!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gaz.
> >
> >
> >
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