Re: [chat] (no subject)

["Marcel Kunath" <kunathma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am actually more interested in making this technical solution work. I am not
into gaming, MP3 sharing and alike. Too little time but I want to work on a
new thing I haven't worked on before and this seems a reachable goal. I had
fun working on my last project which was planning, organizing and building a
local area network for my co-op at my past uni. I completed that and had great
fun and learned a lot. I figure something like this could be just as
satisfying. From reading I would target 802.11b with 11Mbps max. On mudgee
they talked about the 2Mbps network but I think it seems a bit outdated and no
cheaper solution.

I live in the Haberfield area in Dobroyd Point and the house is slightly up on
a hill so that seems of advantage.

I also think it would be great if somebody from the uni was involved so they
could open up their local mirrors of distributions to this sydney network.
Nobody would ever have to worry about pulling code and breaking their download
limit.

Well it would be great if a group of at least ten people could be found. I got
neighbors who probably would provide their roof tops and participate but they
are not techies in the development sense.

 mk

 > > From: jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject:
Re: [chat] Sydney Wireless Network > > Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 01:34:18 GMT
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> On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 07:18:26PM -0500, Marcel Kunath wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > well I am sure people are aware of the recent Telstra changes. I can live wi

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> > 3 Gig but having to watch myself (and the other 5 people on this one cable
> > modem) is not easy. At times I want to sporadically download a gig may it be


> > KDE's new release or a distro or something.
>
>
> Yeah, the new data charges are a bit of a pain, but not much we can do about
> it... except start a wireless network.
>
> > I have been reading about these localized wireless networks in metro areas f

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> > the past year and I find the idea very interesting. The most organized
> > information and network seems to be seattlewireless:
> >
> > http://seattlewireless.net/
> >
>
> http://consume.net/ is pretty good too.
> >
> > There is mentioning of two networks in the Sydney area:
> >
> > http://hwy.com.au/~bigmoe/wlan/
> >
> > http://www.nepean.air.net.au (dead link)
> >
> > and a few more in Oz and around the world:
> >
> > http://www.wirelessanarchy.com/
> >
> >
>
> Add to that list:
>
> http://www.sydney.air.net.au/ - this should be up within a week or two, when w

e
> get the delegation to filter through. The server was installed yesterday.
> >
> > I do not know where the Sydney based networks are in terms of development. I


> am
> > pretty much uneducated when it comes to wireless overall. I still have a kee

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> > interest to get access to data outside from the ISP network to be able to
> > attain data and/or provide data and not pay my ISP for it. The Seattle netwo

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> > seems to have it figured out and be sound in their structure without risk of


> > falling asleep/apart due to lack of human support.
> >
>
> I think you want the same thing I do. A big intranet, but not for sharing the
> Internet.
> > So basically I want to ask what people know about wireless in Sydney and if
> > people are as frustrated as me and want a separated network from their ISP t

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> >
> > - download data
> Yes.
> > - upload data
> Yes.
> > - play games
> Yes.
> > - share data (programs, source code, rpms, ftp servers with distros on them)


> Yes.
> > - connect their home network with their business network
> Perhaps not, too many legal issues.
> > - build a free network independent of Telstra (w/ with fully functional DNS
> and
> > DHCP ?)
> Yes.
>
> > I am aware that there are security issues and you can't protect a wireless
> > network from being accessed and it would be open to any person who wants to
> > access it. I still think its limited internal uses are great and would provi

de
> > a good service for the Sydney area.
>
> That's not entirely true. If you want to secure your data, you can. Just use
> other things on top of the wireless infrastructure, like IPSec, PGP, etc.
> >
> > There are costs involved but I think it would pay off just as much as learni

ng
> > Linux paid off for me. Fact is though a network needs multiple nodes to
> > function and make sense. Hence I am writing this if there are people who are


> > curious and want to invest time, effort and a little money to have something


> in
> > addition to their ISP connection.
>
> Well, hi :)
> This project sounds right for you.
>
>
> --Jon Teh - Sydney Wireless
> Network
>
>
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