BTW.... What is the BARWN website ?? I'm very interested in this topic! - Matt
--- Tim Pozar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > -- > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
