Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Robinson
On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 20:34 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Tim" == Tim Wescott writes: > > Tim> I've got about a 50 foot run between a Cantenna on the outside of > Tim> a metal building and a router in my house; it's quite reliable > Tim> except during heavy rains when I sometimes have to

Re: [PLUG] Pre-deployment Check: dirvish

2009-12-09 Thread Dale Snell
On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:21:32 -0800 Rich Shepard wrote: >Before I initialize the dirvish backups I'd appreciate feedback on > /etc/dirvish.conf and default.conf. > > /etc/dirvish.conf: > > bank: > /media/hd0/current > > image-default: %Y%m%d-%H%M > log: bzip2 > index: bzip2 > > exclu

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Russell Senior
> "Tim" == Tim Wescott writes: Tim> I've got about a 50 foot run between a Cantenna on the outside of Tim> a metal building and a router in my house; it's quite reliable Tim> except during heavy rains when I sometimes have to go around Tim> resetting things to get the network up and running a

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Mike Connors
Tim Wescott wrote: > Wireless = radio, radios are frequency sensitive devices, and > frequencies shift with temperature. > > Is 15 F a problem? I dunno. That's what testing is for -- do you think > your router was tested at 15F? > > someone wrote: > >> Is 15 degrees fahrenheit too cold for t

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Wescott
Michael Robinson wrote: > Some more info: > > 1: It is roughly 71 feet from the sidewalk pad in front of the > pump house to the cantenna hanging on the side of the next > building. > > 2: It is about 10' from the edge of the pad to where the linksys > router is at. Figure 15' to be

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Tim Wescott
Wireless = radio, radios are frequency sensitive devices, and frequencies shift with temperature. Is 15 F a problem? I dunno. That's what testing is for -- do you think your router was tested at 15F? someone wrote: > Is 15 degrees fahrenheit too cold for the typical linux router built using a

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Mike Connors
Michael Robinson wrote: > 4: It appears that the RealTek card on the Linux side likes to > disassociate itself from the AP. Do you mean at the RF layer? If so, consider Wifi is subject to the brightest light problem. Meaning if there's a stronger signal on the same channel the card will drop

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Robinson
Some more info: 1: It is roughly 71 feet from the sidewalk pad in front of the pump house to the cantenna hanging on the side of the next building. 2: It is about 10' from the edge of the pad to where the linksys router is at. Figure 15' to be safe. 3: The straight line from AP t

Re: [PLUG] Linux Foundation membership?

2009-12-09 Thread Daniel Johnson
> 1. For those of you w. memberships. > How do you feel about LF efforts? > Do you feel like your money is being put to good use? > Do you make good use of the membership benies? I justified my membership with the fact that I'm planning on buying a laptop soon, and the membership discounts for HP,

Re: [PLUG] Rhythmbox alternatives

2009-12-09 Thread Joe Shisei Niski
Hey Scott, thanks for the pointer. i got completely fed up w/RhythmBox pegging my cpu and locking up (perhaps due to the size of my library). Installed Exaile from their deb repo, and was up & running with my music lirary, streaming readio, and podcast subscriptions in under 30 min. Sweet! the

[PLUG] Pre-deployment Check: dirvish

2009-12-09 Thread Rich Shepard
Before I initialize the dirvish backups I'd appreciate feedback on /etc/dirvish.conf and default.conf. /etc/dirvish.conf: bank: /media/hd0/current image-default: %Y%m%d-%H%M log: bzip2 index: bzip2 exclude: /etc/mtab .kde/share/cache/* .mozilla/firefox/*.defau

Re: [PLUG] Embedded Linux meet-up Thursday 12/10.

2009-12-09 Thread Russell Senior
> "Scott" == Scott Garman writes: Scott> Hello, A few folks are getting together tomorrow evening in NE Scott> Portland to discuss embedded Linux development. More are Scott> welcome! Scott> We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Thursday, 12/10 at the Staccato Scott> Gelato on 232 NE 28th Ave: Scot

Re: [PLUG] Embedded Linux meet-up Thursday 12/10.

2009-12-09 Thread Aaron Burt
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 08:39:34AM -0800, Scott Garman wrote: > Hello, > > A few folks are getting together tomorrow evening in NE Portland to > discuss embedded Linux development. More are welcome! Thanks, Scott! That's great to hear! If y'all decide to have any more meetings and/or start a m

[PLUG] Linux Foundation membership?

2009-12-09 Thread Mike Connors
I'm considering joining, especially now since they're offering a get one, give one offer. Where if you join, you can give a free membership to a student. By a quick look at the benies it seems like you get quite a bit for supporting a good org. I have a few questions. 1. For those of you w. me

[PLUG] Embedded Linux meet-up Thursday 12/10.

2009-12-09 Thread Scott Garman
Hello, A few folks are getting together tomorrow evening in NE Portland to discuss embedded Linux development. More are welcome! We'll be meeting at 6:30pm on Thursday, 12/10 at the Staccato Gelato on 232 NE 28th Ave: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=232+NE+28th+Ave,

Re: [PLUG] Temperature and routers...

2009-12-09 Thread Russell Senior
> "drew" == drew wymore writes: drew> [...] My money would be on the realtek card and kernel module drew> combo. Signal strength with an AP depends on several factors drew> including RF interference for whatever devices sit nearby, does drew> it go through walls etc. I believe the upper limit