Re: Future Path Testing Weekend

Matt Peterson wrote:
> Woah, didn't realize 106 people were subscribed to this quiet list ;)
> 
> Maybe we can pull a few folks together for a weekend of testing various
> proposed links.
> 
> Ideally, we could get together around 10AM, some of us equipped with
> 200mW NICs, 24dBi directional antennas and cars to farry around.
> 
> Below is a short list of possible future nodes and what needs to be
> tested:
> 
> ...60 Federal/SF (United Layer)
>  - Richey on DeHaro St
>   Currently installed node SSID: BARWN-Public MAC: 00:02:6f:03:ae:69

Is this in a different location than the SFLan mast? I don't remember 
seeing it, is this newish?

>  - Treasure Island/YBI
>   Will need someone to act as an AP at the other end

We can see this from our node "Pete"

>  - AlamedaWireless (bridge blocking view?)
>   They can likly hit the Bruno node from Alameda Point (former NAS)
>   <http://www.barwn.org/images/20030519_bruno/P5190024.html>
> 
>  - Berkeley (SSID: DarkerSun.*)
>   Mix commerical/free network in the Berkeley Hills, they'd like to
>   peer with BARWN (bandwidth c/o 45Mb WMUX link to InReach in Oakland)

Can also see a couple DarkerSun SSID's

>  - West Oakland
>   My home, can share some of a T1
> 
> ...200 Paul/SF (Neutral Colo)
>  - Bruno

Could probably see this

>  - Candlestick Point 
>   Surly will work, but then what can see this (besides Bruno)?
> 
> ...Hunters Point
> Someone to follow-up with communtiy center, also are the artists still
> against Internet?  We know this links to Bruno fine.

Could probably see this

> ...Sign Hill (City of SSF)
> "The Industrial City" hill, xmas tree hill during the holidays
>  
>  - Bruno
>   Likly blocked to our current Bruno node 
> 
> ...Farallon Islands
> <http://www.barwn.org/images/030205_bruno/south_sf.html>
> 
> Someone is needed to make contact with them, are they intrested, does
> funding exist for hardware to connect, can we use them as a relay to the
> north/south, etc.

Drew (AlamedaWireless)