[MLB-WIRELESS] What can I get on Melb Wireless.

[ABBENHUYS, Ryan]

you're still leaning toward the Internet or marketable aspect of the whole
idea aren't you Lucas ;)

I think my comparison of the Melbwireless setup to an oldschool BBS was
pretty accurate.  Each node will pretty much be like a BBS until we start
getting some connectivity from Access Point to Access Point.

Anyone connected to an AP should be able to run whatever servers they want
and the other nodes should be able to access them fine via the AP.

This is what most people are interested in.  Getting as many people
connected like this to create our own miniature "Internet" so to speak.
Sure there are people who aren't interested in anything more than connecting
their home to their office and making it as secure as possible.  For them
Melbwireless is just a source of help and advice.

Personally what I am hoping to setup is an AP that provides DNS services so
that individuals can setup their own servers for various things like games,
www, ftp, irc, etc.  Could also setup an email server, etc.  Basically
anything existing on the Internet could also be setup on the melbwireless
WAN.


-----Original Message-----
From: Lucas Lozo [mailto:lucas.lozo at cdt.com.au]
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 12:57

If I install a Node/Access Point on my House, just what can I use or get
on Melbourne Wireless?

I mean If I am going to spend in excess of $1000 to set all this up what
use will it be to me?

Internet will apparently have some legal probs.
I already have Optus Cable, so Any Internet related activities is of no
benefit.

So what else can i do with it???

The only area that may interest me is to use it for a VPN type
application to share a data base with a friend or another office so i
will want to have a certain amount of bandwidth.
That way I pay for some setup cost for equipment, but no further running
costs.

I think think the main advantage of the melb wireless stuff is for small
home business that cannnot afford expensive corportate/internet Data
links between two locations.
But then if bandwidth is consumed by these small businesses, wont other
users/nodes etc get upset?

Can we put together a definitive List of Uses of this Wireless Lan?
Since Internet seems to be no go?

First Uses you can add to the list are:

Small Business VPN style data links.
Public Domain Files store, (but who is going to donate a server and
storage for this?)
network games

what else? please add to list.


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