On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:03:29PM -0800, Randall Ross wrote:
> I can see it from my window.. the tower on San Bruno Mountain... It
> beckons! Probably less than 2 miles away.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions on the *cheapest* way to link to BARWN? I'm
> considering the following:
> 1. Use an old laptop I have and an Orinoco card and get a Linux router
> distro
> 2. Hack a commercial 802.11b router to route from the wireless side to
> the LAN (is this even possible?)
> 3. Buy a router that performs the function already. (I'm reluctant to go
> this route, unless it is really cheap.)
>
> In all cases I'm prepared to invest in a Yagi (or similar) antenna.
>
> The setup needs to support more than one computer...
>
> Thanks in advance for comments, suggestions, words from the wise, etc.
This really should be in a FAQ on the BARWN web site.
Likely the cheapest way to connect would be to just run a directional
antenna into a client card. Point the antenna at the tower that
is on the west side of the line of towers. You should see an AP
with the SSID of "BARWN-Public". The AP is currently on channel
11.
If you have a spare machine around, then you are set. Just run a
U*NX of your choice (ours is FreeBSD) and set it up to route. You
will likely have to set up NAT to get a bunch-o-IP addresses on
your LAN side.
Tim
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