Re: Lost WAN over HAM thread???

Can't find anything in my gmail archives and they go back as far as
the current mailing list server afaik.

Was it by any way a project called "Taradale Wireless"? If so, myself
and a few other locals are in the stages of setting up an outdoor
wireless AP on the hill above Taradale. No idea how far the range will
be yet, but the site has clear LOS to most of Taradale and Napier.
Currently I have a 12dbi omni-directional 2.4ghz wireless antenna,
mounting gear and a 600mw Senao/Engenius access point sitting in the
garage, waiting for a fine weekend when I am home to go install it.

As for radio licenses, as I understand it, as long as the total EIRP
of the installation is below the levels set by the MED no license is
required, as it is operating in an unlicensed band.

As to the purpose of the whole thing, the idea is simply to provide
wireless peering around the town, with any services run on it being up
to the users (e.g. Internet connectivity, gaming servers etc).

Regards,

Rene

2009/7/26 Michael Adams <[email protected]>:
>
> There was a thread a while back about some guys that had set up a
> WAN running a WiFi network boosted through a single HAM aerial here in
> Taradale. I cant find the thread (no search tool on the online archives
> - and google wasn't any help, even using
> site:www.linux.net.nz/pipermail/hblug/ in the search string) but it
> could be the words i am using. I know they had a HAM licence. I searched
> "ham" and "aerial".
>
> If anyone can recall the thread for me i'd be grateful. Someone with
> the whole HBLUG history archived on GMail may be able to find it - then
> point me the right thread or month here:
> http://www.linux.net.nz/pipermail/hblug/
>
> An update of how it's going now by those concerned would also be good. I
> intend to throw the idea into a discussion about "mesh computing to
> bypass future internet censorship" on NZOSS.
>
> If you don't know what mesh computing is the OLPC project has a good
> flash demo here:
> http://laptop.org/images/flash/meshDemo18.swf
> You can turn on boxes individually. You can also move the computers and
> the world (representing internet connectivity) around to see how the
> signal strengths increase and decrease.
>
> --
> Michael
>
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