On Wednesday 27 October 2004 05:28 pm, Joshua Marker wrote: > I'm thinking the best way to start this stuff off is to start > locally, with small meetings. If I had an evening in Noe Valley, > for example, where everyone was welcome to come chat about what > they were doing, who would come? There is a new place on Dolores > that has free wireless that would love the business - I think that > would be my first choice. Count me in. I'm in Bernal Heights, so Noe would be a nice bike ride for me.
> We should be able to provide, on our website and in print, simple
> documents explaining to Joe Public how to make his NAP free to the
> neighborhood, and include all sorts of guerilla
> good-network-neighbor stuff -- how to pick a channel, how to name
> your network so people can contact you (without endangering
> yourself), etc.
Consider me Joe Public. I'm happy to be the test case. I've done
some of this stuff, but I've done so in a vacuum and would like to
see how others are doing it.
> So this is two questions: How many people would show up to a basic
> wireless techfest and meet 'n greet in Noe/Mission next week, say
> Tuesday? If I could get a couple people to show up and answer
> questions, I'll go talk to the cafe and put up a sign.
I'll show up, but I'll likely take the role of student rather than
teacher. I'm happy to talk about my current setup but it would be a
short talk (using SFLAN to provide a network connection at home).
> Second, what tips would you give Joe Q Public about opening up
> his wireless?
I've not done this, although I have emailed SFLAN requesting info on
how to use my Soekris 4521 to create a new SFLAN node. No response
yet.
> What questions should we answer?
- What's needed to setup an SFLAN node
- Are two different radios needed (b & g)?
- What's the difference between a node and a repeater?
- Must I have a good connection to certain SFLAN nodes
to create a new node?
Eric.
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