[MLB-WIRELESS] Fw: Need help

[Paul van den Bergen]

Hi steve, micheal, all,

This is pretty much teh same question I asked when I first joined. 
 sounds like a FAQ entry is in order...

basically I take it that it depends what you want to do and how much you 
can do for your self (handyman wise)

You will need

a box. - laptop or mac or PC or anything able to hold a PCMCIA wireless 
card. - they dopn't need to be powerful.  you should aim for a 24/7 
p[resence so low power consumption should be something to consider if 
buying a new (well,...) one.

cost = 0 if you have one, $300 -$3000 otherwise

a wireless card and maybe a PCMCIA to PCI bridge (also known as a cradle)
card = $60-120
cradle = $75-130

an external antennae - various types exist but can be basically broken 
into two types - Omni and directional.
free - $300

low loss cable to go from the box to the antenna. - this is available on 
the tib (www.melbourne.wireless.org.au/tib) at 4.50 a meter.
4.50 - 90

attatchments frm the wireless card to the cable and the cable to the 
antenna - lets say less than $100

a note on antennas.
omnis are useful for general access points.  directionals are better for 
(dedicated) point to point links.

Ask around about modifying and obtaining Galaxy antennas...

Steven Haigh wrote:

>Anyone in the Box Hill North area that can help Michael out?
>
>Signed,
>Steven Haigh
>President - Melbourne Wireless Inc
>http://melbourne.wireless.org.au
>(Visit http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/security to install our Root
>Certificate.)
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Ward michael.ward at optushome.com.au
>To: committee at wireless.org.au
>Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 10:49 PM
>Subject: Need help
>
>
>   Hi Guys,
>
>I live in the Box Hill North area and was wondering what a setup would
>roughly cost, IE what should I budget for to get into this. I live in Box
>Hill North on top of a nice hill
>
>So how much should I set aside to get this up and running.
>
>Many Thanks,
>
>Michael
>
>
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