[MLB-WIRELESS] Need some help understanding a few things

[jsirucka at connectingyou.com.au]

Tim

I'm in belgrave and can tell you from experience that hills are more than a 
problem, the equipment can do kilometres but line of sight is in the metres.

two ways to go about this, find people in between a and b to hop the packets 
for you or buy extra gear and find people to house the gear between a and b for 
you.

I did the later to get to gho. This also depends on how much you are willing to 
spend.

or the other alternative is trying to get the shire of yarra ranges in on the 
act and setup and maybe spend the $$ for the links between a and b.

Joseph

Quoting Tim Dickinson <dicko8 at tpg.com.au>:

> I know you all just read that title and though - fuck me, another newbie, 
> who is going to ask us about nic's and 802.11b and how they set up a 
> connection to melbourne wireless - or you're ready to tell me to read the 
> FAQ - but before you flood my inbox with abuse - hear me out.
> 
> I live a small bumfuckwest town called monbulk - now i am wanting to set 
> up a link to communicate with mkates in moorlbark (if you don't where this 
> is - it's at the base of mount dandy just past lilydale and kilsyth) now 
> the only problem with this- i  do not have line of site, as there is a 
> huge fuck off mountain (mount dandy) in my way of seeing melbourne - can i 
> use the communication towers on mount dandy to relay my signal to them? or 
> if i don't have LOS am i fucked?
> 
> And how come i can;t just chuck an 802.11b device onto my computer 
> (desktop), an antenna on my roof and connect? what's this shit about 
> setting up clients and linux got to do with anything? I only want to 
> connect firstly - then i will set up a server to host and serve shit.
> 
> Any help on my rant would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Tim Dickinson (using windows XP - please don't judge me based on this, 
> suse was being a fuckstick)
> 
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