[BAWUG] Meeting?

Hello! I just re-joined the list after a long time away, and would like to know when the next meeting is? I've been through the archives for th last few months and see no announcements for upcoming meetings. Is there one scheduled, and if so, where and when? Greg -- general wireless list, a b

Re: [BAWUG] Super Cantenna

> far better than the pringles can. of course these days you an get a 13db > panel or parabolic grid antenna for $50, so it's slighlt less exciting > than it used to... I'm interested in articles or resources on various antanna solutions... has anyone collected a "best practices" kind of docum

[BAWUG] (no subject)

Anyone using the Network Chemistry WSP100 Wireless network Monitor? If so, and you are interested in sharing experiences/code/use etc, drop me a line. Greg -- general wireless list, a bawug thing [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless

RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless

> Have you looked at the Yahoo-SBC terms of service and their privacy > policy, btw? Whew! Just the bandwidth, please. RawBandwidth.com and Speakeasy.net are both *much* better, if you can get them in your area. I've used RawBandwidth.com for the last 18 months and only had an outage when the D

RE: [BAWUG] SBC DSL and Wireless

> Define "much better"? Their pricing isn't even CLOSE to being as low as > Pacbell'sand yes, pricing is an issue.I'm getting the same > performance as the 3rd tier of Rawbandwidth.com for $30.00 per month > less..and other than having to fight with them to get connected > initially, t

[BAWUG] Zaurus and CF 802.11 cards?

Anyone using a Zaurus with wireless? Specifically, I'm interested in what CF 802.11 cards folks are using with the Zaurus and if they are happy with it. And, if kismet is ported to it of course. I've heard that at least one CF 802.11 card blocks the audio port plug - I imagine that if folks are

Re: [BAWUG] WDC cancelled

> http://www.wirelessdesignconf.com/index.html > > "We regret to inform you that the 2003 Wireless Design Conference has been > cancelled. It is hoped that the event may run again in 2004, so please look > out for announcements next summer in the technical press, or on this URL. > > Thank you f

Re: [BAWUG] Bandwidth shaping

> I did a lot of googling arround trying to find more info and more expamples to > configure traffic shaping on Linux RedHat8.0 server. Googling on 'linux trafic shaping' has this as the first hit: http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2000/08/24/LinuxAdmin.html Looks like a perfect fit, thou

Re: [BAWUG] Bandwidth shaping

> Hi. I've just been looking at wireless bandwidth shaping myself. Why > would you want to go Linux when Station-Server is only $30 - $60 and > would run on the same hardware and offers internal wireless support? Uhm, opportunity to tune the image to be exactly what you want, free, chance to see

Re: [BAWUG] Bandwidth shaping

> sounds like I was being ignorant, but that wasn't my intent. :-) OK! > question was genuine - why would you (or anyone) prefer to > run Linux / Squid rather than S-Server / Squid? Well, it boils down to "what are your objectives" - if you are running a business and the APs and traffic shaping

Re: [BAWUG] SBC DSL, Free DNS host

> Nonetheless, I just meant that a consumer DSL connection is > not designed for hosting. It's likely against your ISP providers > TOS and AUP (not that they will likely find out) and if you are > doing any reselling, that is also likely against their TOS. As I pointed out a few weeks ago, chosin

RE: [BAWUG] re: How to verify LOS ?

As has been pointed out, topo maps and visual LOS are only so good. If you want to know what your link will be like, the only way is to test it. Unfortunately. Back in 1995-1996 when I was with PG&E's R&D lab, we built out a wireless sensor network in Napa to monitor for electric faults on the o

Re: [BAWUG] The meeting of the San Francisco TelecommunicationsCommission on Community Wireless.

> San Francisco has picked licensed exempt radios and community > wireless on their radar. In particular, Elizabeth Inadomi has > invited us to present to the commission tonight at SF City Hall. Tim, Do you know of any proposed or rumoured actions that the City is planning? As a resident, I've

Re: [BAWUG] POE & grounding

> possible), you can use the 2 pairs for just the positive voltage and the > shield as the ground. O, and don't forget to use a nice filter Be careful of ground loops. If you have two grounds tied to earth at two different places, the actual potentials at each spot can be different, resulting

Re: [BAWUG] AP restarting

> Before I do a POE installation on something that was not factory set up for > it, I test it all in one room using a spool of CAT5 wire (actually a big > coil of it) that is about the length I plan to run. I have successfully > remoted the Cisco 340 series as well as the D-link DWL-900AP+ As

Re: [BAWUG] Let's create a global organization

> If this sounds good to anyone, please contact me. I'd love to talk about > this, and even more to get things started. I thought that Sputnik was a way to make that happen. www.sputnik.com They are corporate, but I'd hesitate to call them huge! Good idea though - someone needs to make it happ

Re: [BAWUG] Let's create a global organization

> Also, I feel that the central arbiter of such a cooperative network, > should not be a for-profit company. Most definitely it should not be one > which sees it's "free" access point operators as a way to extend it's > brand and promote it's other services. Well, to make it work you need an arbit

RE: [BAWUG] RE: Let's create a global organization

> fathers" of the free community networks (for their use). Originally we > were going to release the software under a GPL license, but we decided > against that, because way too much sweat and work went into this project > to have a commercial company (RAINBOW PROJECT) just come in and steal > it.

[BAWUG] 126 Networks Found - Not Really Trying

So, finally got set up to 'wardrive' (we really must find a better phrase - the looming stupid war we are about to start in Iraq makes that phrase really distasteful to me). Anyway, driving from Cow Hollow in San Francisco to Daly City using an Orinoco card and no external antenna, notebook sittin

RE: [BAWUG] 126 Networks Found - Not Really Trying

> I like the term wardriving! Stuck the big wardriver sticker > on the back of my SUV. I'm sure there are technologically > inept people out there that think I'm some sort of war > monger, but who cares, I am having a good time! Why do people > always feel the need to interject their political vie

re: [BAWUG] IBM T23

> I ordered an IBM R31 with a wireless card already installed. It still took > me an hour with IBM technical support (free) to get it to work, even though This is the only thing I can find in the archives on the miniPCI card from IBM. I have a few questions: 1. Which driver does this card use i

Re: [BAWUG] Looking for VOIP H.323 help for the Jhai project...

> Now, as we move forward it's time to start the thread on > H.323 VOIP. We are in need of assistance and advice on using H.323 > under Linux to place and receive Internet phone calls. We also > need help from anyone with experience using the Voicetronix OpenLine4 > computer telephony card f

[BAWUG] Linux Based RF Software

I'm looking for linux software that can "sniff" like kismet does, but aimed more towards real-time finding of signal strength, etc as opposed to traditional sniffing. Specifically, I want to point a cantenna at a remote site and want to center my beam. That kind of thing. Is there something for

Re: [BAWUG] Linux Based RF Software

> 'watch -n 1 cat /proc/net/wireless' Cool. What else do I have to do to make this work though? Trying it in rfmon mode and normal mode all I get is 0's for every field. Greg -- general wireless list, a bawug thing [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [BAWUG] Linux Based RF Software

> Oh. Sounds like whatever drivers you're using don't update it. You'll > probably need to upgrade your drivers to something that supports the > wireless extentions. Hmmm. I'm using the stock in kernel orinoco_cs driver patched with pcmcia-cs-3.2.1-orinoco-patch.diff from the airsnort site. Wh

[BAWUG] Orinoco card RF Connectors

What, if anything, are you guys doing to secure the tiny little RF connector to Orinoco cards. I'm fond of type N - once connected, it is highly unlikely to fall off. Of course, N is too big for a PCMCIA card. The tiny little push on connectors are easy to use, but it seems like the connector wo

Re: [BAWUG] Orinoco card RF Connectors

That works very well, thanks. It's both clever and cheap enough, and is better than tape since it's easy to remove. Thanks!!! Greg On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Steve wrote: > Place the connector into the antenna port. > Place a medium binder clip over the connector.. > > Clever (and cheap) enough? >

Re: [BAWUG] Looking for VOIP H.323 help for the Jhai project...

> solution which is a SIP PBX upto 8 end users. That product is a linux > solution. > > Therefore there is Linux a Linux SIP solution, its just if its open source > or not. I should have been more specific: there is no SIP-based linux solution that allows you to place calls from the SIP client en

Re: [BAWUG] Re: IETF & CWN

> FYI, the IETF has a working group - "MANET" - that is standardizing routing > protocols for wireless 'ad hoc' networks: > http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/manet-charter.html I think this is all the original poster was wanting. A very fast glance shows 4 drafts and one RFC that seem h

Re: [BAWUG] Re: IETF & CWN

> There's not quite a 1-1 correspondence between mobile ad hoc and > wireless (fixed) ad-hoc that CWN's are interested in. A lot of the I bet there are more than you might think - the way the poster described it it was a fluid network - folks may power off their APs, or radio propogation may rad

[BAWUG] Recommended high power cards

What cards are recommended that meet the following: linux drivers RFMON capable HostAP capable 100mW power I think the middle two requirements essentially mean that the card uses the Prism2 or Prism2.5 chipset, and if so, thats the implied requirement. I have a few Compaq WL110 cards that I am u

Re: [BAWUG] Recommended high power cards

> What cards are recommended that meet the following: > > linux drivers > RFMON capable > HostAP capable > 100mW power Oh, I forgot another one: external antenna capable. :) Greg -- general wireless list, a bawug thing [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listi

Re: [BAWUG] RE 1. Cantenna proj. question (DaveC)

> Not a really good idea to run thick antenna cable into a pcmcia card. > much better to put a client box up near the antenna with a short pigtail and The Soekris boxes are perfect for this kind of thing. http://www.soekris.com/ Greg ___ BAWUG's genera

Re: [BAWUG] Best hardware for cheap/fast bridging?

> >We'd also like to keep our existing wifi access, which leads to another > >Q - I've heard that just the presence of 802.11b devices in an 802.11g > >environment will drop everyone to b speeds, is that right? > > Set the different networks on different channels: > > http://www.extremetech.com/a

[BAWUG] Security

Can someone point me at some articles on current security things on 802.11 - including recommended practices for todays equipment? I was last serious into wireless when the only real choice was WEP, and now WPA, LEAP, etc are all available in low cost units. What I need to do is get back up t

Re: [BAWUG] hackable APs question

WRT54GS runs linux and has aftermarket firmware from http://www.sveasoft.com That can bump the power to 254mW and looks to be totally customizable. I love mine... Greg On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Bob Keyes wrote: I am looking for APs that I can load linux/bsd onto, and then port RoofNet to. Which mea