[MLB-WIRELESS] Newbie Help - PLS some pointers

[ABBENHUYS, Ryan]

Good start would be to contact some nodes near you to see where they are
located and if they want to get the ball rolling with their connection.
Otherwise find a friend who wants to link up with you.
You'll need to be able to see their house, or at least very very close to
their house because of course you need to point antennas at eachother.
 
The antenna will probably work out to be the cheapest, easiest part for you
because you can either pinch an old Galaxy and modify it or make your own
pringles/coffee can antenna.  I'd be mainly concentrating on the card as
that is going to eat te biggest hole in your pocket.
 
If you think you can get a connection to a mate you may want to see if
anyone is willing to bring over some equipment for you to test the link with
before you go out and invest in your own stuff.
 
You could just get some cards and link up a couple of PC's inside your house
to play with to begin with.
 
And don't worry about IP's yet, there's not enough people linked to worry
about it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Harman Nagra [mailto:hnagra at bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2002 15:12



Hi Guys,
 
I got no response to my earlier mail, but i really really wanna join the
exsisting network.
 
I have read the "Getting Started" on the website but really dont know where
to start. If some one has there own website or a How to pls let me know.
Some specific questions i have .
 
What antenna do i use?
where do i get the antenna from?
Do i just set up the antenna and point it to my nearest node?
If i do setup a client/server, what ip address do i assign it?
 
I am sure i will run into lotta trouble so if some one does have a how to
plsssss, i really wanna learn and play with this
 
Regards
Harman
 



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