[MLB-WIRELESS] It's soooo quiet...

[Ben Anderson]

I'm in desparate need for an antenna... beg, buy, borrow, steal...  Need it
tomorrow...

Anyone?  I can doorstep return it in a few hours...  Cantenna, pringles can,
yagi, whatever.  To suit an enterasys.

Doing a feasability study, and need to prove that external 802.11 can go
about 500m with a good line of site (easy, huh)

And yes, it is very quiet?  What's everyone given up trying to decide IP
ranges, channel numbers, pro's of zebra, falling off roofs, what cards the
best, what linux distro's the best.... ummm... have I missed anything?  ;)

Thanks in advance,
Ben.


> Why is the list so quiet? Slammer got your tongues? aaaaaaaahhhh ha ha ha
> ha!
>
> Oh well, I'll crap on for your entertainment.
>
>  I got my mast up. a massive 30 or 40 cm over the legal limit, but screw
the
> regulations I say :) I used the pipe up the inside design as I had no
> choice, I could not get pipe to go on the outside. So, I put my mast up
and
> being Australia day long weekend I thought bugger it, the antenna can wait
> and I put an Aussie flag up the top of it instead. Cantenna went half way
> down it. Do some load testing, signal testing and show my true colours at
> the same time. It was great. I had a tear in my eye as the flag flew high
> above my house, flapping in the breeze. It good to be an Aussie :)
>
>  Anyway, it did rattle a little as the top is not bolted in place. It's a
> 2.5 meter section resting on 1 meter of pipe up the inside. The inside
pipe
> is not a perfect fit, so I wrapped some layers of duct tape (gotta love
that
> stuff) around the top and bottom to stop the movement and make the contact
> points softer. Sealed up any holes with roof sealant. Cut a tile and
> everything is sweet. As the hole is close to the ridge capping, I now need
> to get the roof recemented (repointed?) DOH!
>
> Regards,
> Gaz.
>
>
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