Linking In

[Jason Hecker]

Unfortunately, I think any organised wireless networking in Canberra is 
nascent and fragmented.  In spite of www.air.net.au there isn't much going 
on, not like in Melbourne and Sydney.  This could be rectified.  Perhaps go 
to the next Canberra Linux Users Group meeting at the ANU and see if 
anything is going on there.  Maybe there are a few others who are interested.

Before I left Canberra I was looking at setting up an access point on the 
roof a friend's house in Melba.  He lives at the top of the hill and has 
fantastic unfettered views  of all of Belconnen and North 
Canberra.  Canberra is ideal for wireless networking so long as you get 
some people perched high enough to run access points (like up the back of 
Duffy, top of Melba, Fraser, Fadden, Banks, Richardson, Red Hill, Bruce, 
Giralang, Macgregor, Upper Narrabundah, Griffith (c'mon Andrew), Nungnawall 
(sp?), Evatt, housing on Lake Ginninderra (c'mon Ross),  etc.) and a few 
select buildings in Civic and Woden and you should have a good 
start.  Using a homebrew high gain 180 or 360 degree waveguide antenna like 
on www.trevormarshall.com would be ideal.  When I was back there the other 
weekend I noticed just how big all the trees in suburbia have grown so 
users might have to consider antennas masts to get a signal through....

If you were lucky you could try and get a few AP's into Telecom Tower 
(doubtful...)

Good luck!

At 11:03 AM 10/07/2002 +1000, you wrote:
>G'Day All,
>
>I've just got a place in Bradden and I want to join into
>the Wireless network.
>
>a) Where is the nearest node I can point my little rickety
>antenna at (just kidding, it should be quite a nice one
>once I make it)?
>
>b) Where can I score a card at a good price?
>
>c) Is there anyone in the network at Fenner Hall (which is
>across the road from us), making the ANU network available
>to the wider wireless network?
>
>d) Is anyone on the network sharing broadband internet
>access, if so, who? and how much do I pay to sign up?
>
>Hope you guys can help me link in,
>
>Regards, Ash
>
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