[MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless

[Paul Maric]

Thanks again for the replies guys.

I know you probably hate this question, but what is the best way to test
connectivity without going to the effort of spending big on an antenna?

I'd prefer to know it has the potential of working prior to spending too
much.

Our television antenna is quite high up, so I guess it would be ideal to
mount something directly to that.

>From my limited research it seems the Yagi antenna would be the best
candidate for it.

Cheers,
Paul

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Andrew van Slageren <
andrewvsm at yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> Also worth a look is the HeyWhatsThat path profiler, excellent to get a
> quick idea of potential LOS between two locations -
> http://www.heywhatsthat.com/profiler-0904.html
>
> Paul if you're able to see KFI from your living room, then maybe you would
> be able to connect to that as well. It may be a better choice than Leopold,
> as it's a fair bit closer to you and is one hop closer to JEE (the link to
> Melb).
>
> Try pointing at both and see which you get a better signal from.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
>
> Peter Buncle wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Paul,
>>
>> Google earth is your friend there,
>>
>> Draw a ruler line to the far node, then zoom in on your node and pick a
>> local landmark like the corner of the neighbors roof or similar
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> Node JEE
>>
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>>
>> *From:* melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au [mailto:
>> melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au] *On Behalf Of *Paul Maric
>> *Sent:* Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:07 AM
>> *To:* Andrew van Slageren
>> *Cc:* melbwireless at melbournewireless.org.au; mike at viewbankrise.net.au
>> *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless
>>
>> G'day guys,
>>
>> Thanks again for your replies.
>>
>> I remember looking into Melbourne wireless about 5 years ago it must have
>> been and there wasn't much around from memory.
>>
>> The whole reason I jumped back onto it was because KFI was showing up as
>> an AP on my laptop in the lounge room with the melbournewireless subdomain!
>>
>> We are relatively high up, so I'd like to try pointing at the Leopold AP
>> to see if I have any success.
>>
>> What's the best way to position the antenna so its pointing as directly as
>> possible to the AP?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:40 PM, Andrew van Slageren <
>> andrewvsm at yahoo.com.au <mailto:andrewvsm at yahoo.com.au>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Paul,
>>
>> I'm not sure if you'd be able to hit node KFI, but it looks like you
>> should have very good line of sight to KHI up on the Leopold hill.
>>
>> We're running both standard 2.4gig and Ubiquiti 802.11n 5gig AP's up
>> there, so if you have something handy that you can point in that general
>> direction, have a scan and see if you can pick it up.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andrew.
>>
>>
>>
>> mw at freenet.net.au <mailto:mw at freenet.net.au> wrote:
>>
>>
>>    Hi Paul,
>>
>>    You need to talk to Andrew of node KFI – look him up on the node
>>    register.
>>
>>    ANDREW!!! Are you listening? ;-)
>>
>>    Cheers.
>>
>>    *From:* pmaric at gmail.com <mailto:pmaric at gmail.com>
>>    [mailto:pmaric at gmail.com <mailto:pmaric at gmail.com>] *On Behalf Of
>>
>>    *Paul Maric
>>    *Sent:* Wednesday, 9 June 2010 5:22 PM
>>    *To:* mike at viewbankrise.net.au <mailto:mike at viewbankrise.net.au>
>>
>>    *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless
>>
>>    Hey Mike,
>>
>>    I'm located in Belmont, Geelong.
>>
>>    I registered the node and its call sign is KIP.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>    Paul
>>
>>    On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM, <mw at freenet.net.au
>>    <mailto:mw at freenet.net.au> <mailto:mw at freenet.net.au
>>
>>    <mailto:mw at freenet.net.au>>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Paul,
>>
>>    Where are you located? Got a node registered in the
>>    melbournewireless register yet?
>>
>>    Cheers, Mike (KBN)
>>
>>    *From:* melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au>
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au>>
>>    [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au
>>
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au>
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au
>>    <mailto:melbwireless-bounces at v2.wireless.org.au>>] *On Behalf Of
>>    *Paul Maric
>>
>>
>>    *Sent:* Tuesday, 8 June 2010 11:03 PM
>>
>>    *To:* melbwireless at v2.wireless.org.au
>>    <mailto:melbwireless at v2.wireless.org.au>
>>    <mailto:melbwireless at v2.wireless.org.au
>>    <mailto:melbwireless at v2.wireless.org.au>>
>>
>>
>>    *Subject:* [MLB-WIRELESS] Geelong Wireless
>>
>>    G'day guys,
>>
>>    I'm new to all this and just looking to get some information.
>>
>>    I've trawled through the resources on the website and was just
>>    keen on some assistance to take it on from here.
>>
>>    I couldn't find much information regarding the Geelong area. I
>>    seem to be surrounded by quite a few members, so it looks as
>>    though I'd be in business regarding getting setup.
>>
>>    Is there anyone in particular I can contact to get some more
>>    general information?
>>
>>    Regards,
>>
>>
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