Re: Future Path Testing Weekend

On Wednesday 21 January 2004 03:02 pm, 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.

How about some South Bay locations? I have a 4-wheel drive Subaru 
Legacy wagon.

> 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
>
>  - Treasure Island/YBI
>   Will need someone to act as an AP at the other end
>
>  - 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)
>
>  - West Oakland
>   My home, can share some of a T1
>
> ...200 Paul/SF (Neutral Colo)
>  - Bruno
>
>  - 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.
>
> ...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.

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