Administering an ever expanding network such as ours requires alot of time and effort. To successfully do this, and to keep things running as smooth as possible, we have defined a basic heirarchy for classifying network nodes.
At the top of this heirarchy are the most important (or 'mission critical') nodes, and working towards the bottom of the heirarchy we find nodes that are less relied upon for network continuity.
Here is a list of Community Wireless access points in Adelaide currently in place or soon to be completed, this information will be updated when ever possible subject to conditions. For more information about accessing the network please read our Access Policy.
In the map seen below each red dot represents a Node, which is the point where users connect into the network and where a router controls traffic between other nodes using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).
I will be on the Air-Stream club table, looking for some folks to drop in and help answer questions. =)
All the details about the event are here.
Does anyone know if vk5tty has been fixed yet? If not, any idea when it will be?
Vinny Bhagat's work is based on performance of isolated performers ( different countries / location ), conducting distributed performances , connecting musicians , visual artists - sonically and visually - hence streaming audio and video from multiple locations to the performance venue and vice versa. He is examining available technologies for audio video streaming , audio video conferences and tools for isolated musicians and Vj's . In the past he has used skype , ichat and msn conferencing . This is now including second life and more importantly Audo jack technologies. Vinny Bhagat - Live feed link - www.shivnakaun.com
Over the last couple of weeks I've been thinking about good content. The last meeting high lighted that for me. I've been writing down all the things that I use on the internet, sites I visit, blogs I read and podcasts I listen to. There isn't a lot really, mostly lots and lots of searches on SWR, ATUs, masts, HAM mail lists, OpenWRT, B.A.T.M.A.N. and OLSRd, etc.
One thing that does stand out for me is a podcast and blog that I found a little while back that I still visit regularly. Its called SolderSmoke.
Bill Meara, has recently released the 92'nd podcast, while much of it is Amateur Radio, theres WiFi, amateur astronomy and other interesting geeky news included. I am up to episide 42, so there is plenty of good stuff to come =D
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Useful Software: Radio Mobile
"This software is a tool used to predict the performance of a radio system."
While it is only available on Windows, I imagine that we could put this to use
to get a better idea of what our coverage could really be. Perhaps even planning
links, etc.
Have finally sorted routing issues and Air-Stream-betsuin is now open for passing packets!!
I have my R100 on the roof with a biquad homebrew antenna (vertical) aimed at about azmith 280, my location is just near the round-about at the top of The Parade in Magill. If you would like to connect then please email me and after membership verification I will be more than pleased to pass you the WEP key and IP number, going through the committee would probably be the best option ...
The biquad is there for now however when time/$/family allow I'll get up on the roof and replace it with an onmi so as to maximize potential clients.
If anyone stumbles Air-Stream-betsuin then I would be most curious to hear about it! Leave a note here please!!
Brain dump follows...
So over the last couple of weekends I've been tinkering with my node(s) after finally getting some phat coax sorted for the minitar APs that Rob give to use on the slotted wave guides. Along with a much shorter mast I'll be putting up something this weekend after taking it all down after the big winds!
Also in the last week I noticed a car load of bloke with laptops and small antenna driving around my block slowly. There was also a lot of DHCP traffic and lots of ICMP action against the node. So this is either good or not. Haven't decided, so I've dropped my node of my internet gateway/VPN end point in the mean time. I'm going to change the way it all connects anyway, so its pre-empted the decision about how I want to set it all up.
Which leads me to spending a bit of time scouring the net to see whats current after being quite a bit pre-occupied with other issues over the winter. This always happens. Spring is way more productive as I get to spend some quality time making in the shed =)
I won't be running a mini conf at LCA09. Didn't have the bandwidth to get a proposal together. So will probably be attending as a regular punter. Which will mean that I get to play with actual tech and watch whats going on rather than running about like a nutter organising stuff like I did this year. This year I setup much of the network and helped organise the Access Points and it was a long hard slog. Lots of cool stuff to see and do, but I missed out on a lot that went on. I didn't get to see any keynotes, and only a handful of talks. Not to worry, next year should be pretty amazing.
Some of Winters distractions involve selling my car, large work load, getting another, large work load, the new one being off the road in need of repairs, being a radio op at ROSA, illness, large work load, illness, car problems, too cold to work in the shed... you know, the usual winter fun. Not to mention it was too cold to work in the shed!
Projects ahead for the next couple of months; put up mast on the car port, setup AS-MtB-node1, AS-MtB-node6, AS-MtB-node11, with the slotted wave guides, dig real foundations, put up a propper tower, move nodes to new tower, setup nodes at a friends place, get my 2M gear moved to the shed and get that setup on the tower, build better power supplies, get permanent power to the shed, insulate the shed, move the rack to the shed, get the UPS repaired and running again ...
Are there ever enough hours in a day? That reminds me, need to finish of the podcast stuff and get that up now that the replacement cabls for my headphones came in today and ... erm ... stickers that right, got to get those stickers sorted... but wait theres more my file server went pop recently after a power up/down/up/down/up thing last week and need to build that up in a more redundant way. Also would like to setup something with the WIA guys that stream the news and work on something podcasty/streaming related... folks keep asking me about video of AS meetings etc, so video is something I'm going to have to have a look at soon too.
That will do for now. 73's
