[MLB-WIRELESS] Need some help understanding a few things

[Tim Dickinson]

The closest person to me chamelian (a mate i registered on there today) he 
lives in thae patch 2 k's away, but his realtion to anyone else is pretty 
shit, he has a mountain right behind him, and right next to him, he also 
has to worry about mout dandy, so he is no good for getting me out of this 
geographical hole, but it would still be good to see if i have line of 
site to him and can get it working, then i can branch out from there - now 
with the AP thing - would i need that if i am trying to connect to 2 
people and also let them communicate through me?

And i am going to be putting my antenna up fairly high, just trying to 
understand what sort of equiptment i need before i either knock it up or 
buy it, my dad is a sparkie (electrician) so parts and wiring is no 
problem, and i am knee deep in network love, so that is no worry, it's 
just the equiptment and specs thereof that i am having difficulty 
understanding.

Thanks guys, you're so much help!
Tim.



> You want a big fuckoff 24dB dish to point from your place to someone.  If
> you put up a big fuckoff mast like 15m tall would that help you get
> anywhere?  Have you worked out where the closest person to you is?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Dickinson" <dicko8 at tpg.com.au>
> To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 5:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Need some help understanding a few things
>
>
>> Alright guys here it my understanding of everytyhing i have read and
>> understood. (good sentence moron)
>>
>> An AP allows me to do to wireless networking what my hub does to my cat5
>> networking (i do know a fair bit about networking btw, it's just 
>> hardware
>> changes that i am not up to speed on), and if i can attach an AP to my
>> system as opposed to a standard wi-fi card i can act as a relay point 
>> for
>> people in my area correct?
>>
>> and in order to get around the mountian i either need to blow a massive
>> hole through it, get over it or go around it - i have  few contacts in 
>> the
>> parks vic i'll see if they will help me (they are based at mount dandy 
>> too
>> which will help).
>>
>> and operating systems don't seem to matter, however if i am attaching an
>> AP to my system, it need to be able to reroute everything so Linux is a
>> good solution - currently i am a multimedia student, so Linux is not 
>> what
>> i need (although i do own it and can use it).
>>
>> My swearing is not tolerated by uptight members of the maillist (just
>> having a dig - i will stop my fucking swearing).
>>
>> But now i have another question - does the : Helical Aerial walkthrough 
>> on
>> the wireless site do 360 (degrees symbol here) or is it directional? and
>> how far can it reach? it says 3-4km, but am i to believe that?
>>
>> Thank you to everyone who has helped me out - and i hope to be killing 
>> you
>> all in any RTS game you can think of very shortly.
>>
>> Love always Tim. ;)
>>
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