2 devices per client installation: the wge101 which is just a wireless-ethernet bridge which will have the external antenna connected to it for connectivity back to our network. The WRT54g for handling the routing and internal wireless and wired (with the original little antennae on so they won’t be visible on our external network). This […]
The other day I compiled openwrt in the lab and have it running very nicely on the APs I’m testing for the flats installation. It’s a very manual set-up, but once configured it works really well and does exactly what we need. It generally seems quicker and more stable then the older sveasoft satori releases […]
Nablus has gone ipv6, if only ipv6 over ipv4 tunnel. 🙂 3ffe:bc0:8000:0:8000:0:c393:529d is his new address, but I don’t think there’s actually anything running on it. You might possibly be able to see the default Debian Apache index.html and maybe the other services are running on it too. Who knows? It was just a bit […]
Had some rather serious mail server problems which are fixed to an extent now. It still has a problem that qmail doesn’t seem to like the new libc6 from deb-unstable; not much I can do about that at the moment. The mail works, just don’t expect any of the error messages (bounces, etc.) to make […]
Well I think the best plan to extend the network now is to install another node the same as the ECC in say St Pauls or St Werburghs. Linking the 2 together would be best done using a point to point (can to can) link with 2 Buffalos in the PCMCIA slots of the multias. […]
Not sure if this is very accurate .. or if it even works correctly yet 🙂 Should update every 15mins: http://stats.mjleonard.me.uk
RP-SMA to N-type female pigtail suitable for Netgear ma311 or me101 £14.95 incl. VAT www.wirelesspro.co.uk/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=26
Don’t forget to check out http://flakey.info for antenna designs.
8dB outdoor omnidirectional antenna £37.12 incl. VAT + delivery 12dB outdoor omnidirectional antenna £57.95 incl. VAT + delivery http://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-outdoorantenna.htm Good value pre-made omnidirectional antennas for setting up an access point or repeating node 🙂
15dB parabolic mesh antenna £28.95 incl. VAT www.wirelesspro.co.uk/store/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=32 Good value directional antenna for client use or point-to-point links.
Well so far we’ve been unsuccessful at getting this working over wireless, but other people have said that it can be made to work so we will keep at it. The benefits of multicast streaming is that you can stream say a 4mbit bitrate video across the wireless and have in theory unlimited clients watching […]
Bristolwireless.net email addresses are now available.. current retreval methods are pop3 imap and webmail. Server addresses: pop3: mail.bristolwireless.net smtp: mail.bristolwireless.net imap: mail.bristolwireless.net webmail: http://mail.bristolwireless.net please email matt@bristolwireless.net to request an account 🙂
The Southampton Open Wireless project are running a wireless workshop weekend on the 25/26th of October. I know a few of us will be going along including me. 🙂 Post here if you plan to attend and we can plan how to get there. Related link: www.sown.org.uk/index.php/WirelessWorkshop
Please note that any card chipsets and specs posted here could change without notice 🙁 we will try and keep it upto date tho.
hermes chipset pcmcia card Pros: reasonably cheap good linux support external antenna (lucent connector) Cons: not as many options as a prism based device (perfect for client use tho) Uses: laptops, multia (or other desktop with pcmcia bridge) based clients Available from: www.ebuyer.co.uk www.dabs.com
Prism 2.5-based PCI card with rp-sma antenna connector. Pros: Reasonably cheap Good linux support Easily available pigtails Cons: PCI (well it’s a con if you have a laptop; Netgear’s pcmcia doesn’t have an external antenna socket) Cable runs from back of card to external antenna Uses: Hostap based repeating nodes Available from: www.ebuyer.co.uk
Hi all, Forums seem to be up and running ok now. I hope to move them over to the forums.bristolwireless.net name soon, but until then they will stay here. 🙂 Anyone can post without registering, but you get more options if you register.