[MLB-WIRELESS] InnerNorth - LOS to Taylors Lakes?

RVO rvo at optushome.com.au
Thu Dec 4 19:49:46 EST 2003


Soon I will be rotating my dipole 90deg (->vert pol) on my grid to GHO and
re-point it to Vak's AP (BHH) which I stumbled a while ago. Hopefully I can
get a usable link happening. I will try and give it a go this w/end.

Cheers,

Richard.
(GDW,CBD,FSS,FPY)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Abbenhuys" <sneeze at alphalink.com.au>
To: "Winder" <winder at iinet.net.au>
Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] InnerNorth - LOS to Taylors Lakes?


> We want to limit the amount of unsightly antennasa the premises as much as
> possible.  There are also issues with using amps with two links in closs
> proximity as the rx/tx on the other link can inadvertedly trigger the
> amplifier. (this happened in the beginning)
>
> I'm afraid WEP won't help with the hidden node issue.
>
> The hidden node issue occurs when a node comes under load, connections
with
> weak signals get disconnected because they are "drowned out" so to speak.
> The problem with GHO was that whenever any traffic started to go across
it,
> the link to GDW would disappear, and sometimes the link down to
RGsouthern.
>
> This results in links coming and going constantly and some people not
being
> able to establish a connection at all.
>
> >how about several antenna? each one on a different channel, and routing
> >between them. Point each one at different areas of melb. ie west, south
> and
> >maybe south west. With Galaxy anteanna this should be possible right?
> >
> > Would WEP cover the hidden node issue? I know WEP is useless, but it
> would
> >be a detterent to a point and if is fixes the hidden node issue then
> that's
> >a plus.
> >
> > Just an idea.....
> >
> >Regards,
> >g at z.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> >[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of Ryan Abbenhuys
> >Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2003 12:20 PM
> >To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> >Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] InnerNorth - LOS to Taylors Lakes?
> >
> >
> >I've been contemplating speaking to Darren about turning GHO so that it
> >covers less area, in turn picking up less noise and providing better
> >performance for the backbone links that will use it.
> >
> >If GDW can get a better signal to inner north, and inner north get a
> better
> >signal to south, this may be good, as we could potentially improve the
> >signal/bandwidth of GHO to the south, which would then be passed on to
> >inner north and GDW through southern nodes.
> >
> >At the moment GHO picks up a phenominal amount of noise which several
> >limits it's usefullness.  If we halve the coverage of GHO we can reduce
> the
> >noise and increase the performance so that it can handle more than ping
> >traffic and route updates.
> >
> >Even with the amplifier it was a severe bottle neck and at many times
> >useless as soon as *any* traffic began to traverse it.
> >
> >It is also severally affected by the hidden node issue due to the varying
> >connections and their strengths.
> >
> >I'm planning on looking into implementing QoS on it, and also
> investigating
> >other options such as Frottle.
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I'm serious now. :-)  Does anyone in the InnerNorth cluster have LOS to
> >>Node GDW in Taylors Lakes?  I understand GDW is putting out a pretty
> >>strong signal now, so there must be someone in InnerNorth who can make a
> >>link.  It'd be great to get the InnerNorth and Southern clusters linked
> >>without necessarily relying on GHO.  The more diverse long-range link
> >>routes the better.
> >>
> >>Get stumbling, people!
> >>
> >>Dan
> >>
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