[MLB-WIRELESS] finally a triumph on the northern front !

[Rohan Malhotra]

well i'd like to run a linux box for 3 reasons: improved performance and
stability on the old pcs (Damn small linux), because its free and legit and
because i want to improve my skills on the linux front.
however im happy to use either which one ur comfortable with.

It's often better to separate your routing infrastructure from your
servers.  This is especially true with wireless, because you can then
run your routers up a mast using PoE to power them, and the PC can
live safely inside, connected via Cat 5 or wireless to the router.

yeah in the very near future im thinking i'll probably stick a router or an
accesspoint up there with the canopy connected and then port that into my
server, but for now i only have a crappy netgear router with stock antenna
(i'm doubting whether even i wll be able to listen to the device from within
my house with one of those crappy stock antennas) and no weather proof box
so its not so much of a solution. so basically for the time being itll go,
canopy, server, cat5 to netgear router within my house, this way i need no
weather proof boxes and i dont have to get a higher gain antenna to
propogate the router further.

On 5/16/07, Peter Buncle <peter at nmc.net.au> wrote:
>
>  So i take it your planning on running a windows box ?
>
> Peter
>
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> *From:* Rohan Malhotra [mailto:rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 16 May 2007 9:00 AM
> *To:* Peter Buncle; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] finally a triumph on the northern front !
>
>
>  nah part of the problem is i dont have an openwrt router (still
> researching the best ap/router for my purposes and budget).
>
> part of the idea however was to  learn how to put to use old pcs in a
> functional and useful manner.  what i had in mind was to basically have the
> canopy go into a dedicated pc in my shed so that i could run it as a general
> purpose server for melbwireless and my household.
>
> with this server i hope to run DChubs, emule servers or some sort of p2p
> filesharing server, gamer servers, host websites on the melbwireless, try to
> do voip all that sort of fun stuff. I also want to experiment with bandwith
> throttling, virtual private networks remote admin.
>
> so yeah id like to go the server route to begin with.
>
> rohan
>
> On 5/15/07, Peter Buncle <peter at nmc.net.au> wrote:
> >
> >  The easiest way to link this into your network is via a router like a
> > wrt54g or an asus wl500gP running
> > Freifunk or openwrt.
> >
> > Do you have one of these devices ?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> >
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> > *From:* Rohan Malhotra [mailto:rohanmalhotra86 at gmail.com ]
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 15 May 2007 2:32 PM
> > *To:* Peter Buncle; melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > *Subject:* Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] finally a triumph on the northern front !
> >
> >
> >  was wondering whether anybody is happy to configure ospf for me?
> >
> > you could do it on either a windows or a linux box (according to ur
> > preference), all thjat is required is to install ospf and then apply the
> > appropriate settings relevant to my circumstances.
> >
> > for this task id b happy to commute to ur location at a time of ur
> > picking with the relevant equipment and computers.
> >
> > please please pretty please !
> >
> >
> > rohan
> >
> >
> > On 5/9/07, Peter Buncle <peter at nmc.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >  Hi Rohan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How did things go ?
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
> > >
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