-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 instead of getting poor and old while waiting for Ministry of Communication or Institute of Standards to approve the coolest outdoor gear we can imagine, why not use recycled boxes and just cable-tie them on existing poles:
https://mediagoblin.telavivmakers.org/u/daniel/gallery/ this is a very cheap router in a reclaimed styrofoam box. gal found it in the local clinics garbage, it was probably used to store meds before, so it was very clean and didn't even smell bad :) to supply power to the installation on the roof, very-poor-mans-power-over-ethernet is used. this means, we populated only the 4 pins needed for 100MBit/s ethernet into the modular western-8 plug and so we were left with 4 additional wires. those two pairs are now used to supply 9V DC to the router using it's original power-supply and a similar hack in ground-station... this means the total-cost-of-ownership of an ARIG node is down to ILS 95 for this TL-WR740N router plus some meters of ethernet cable, some cable ties, access to a ethernet-crimping tool plus plugs and a bit of good will. yet, given direct-line-of-sight (in radio terms, mind the Fresnel Zone [1]) this is sufficient for quite fast links on several kilometers! impressive, if you ask me :) have fun! daniel [1]: http://www.proxim.com/products/knowledge-center/calculations/calculations-fresnel-clearance-zone -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRhp4HAAoJECBgbL4bcbCQ8FMH+wT6YnX9rzxHeHdNEpsKeG3W mg+CR6ErtuzNZWFRqhHrlK3jgnpo5MyYx+q6tHPUH8JANJaKJiO7JB35ZesCxTUy BHVRTy/rzQ4CkQSs1toYrMcSiwPzzxxTAge3qysO8f2rELP6MaCZ4x0FePjOPOyw avGGerIJDqJ8tSVLIrX7cSVpJlHhkGsuY+jKq+G2PcdVlFXFKzWJ5dg3BzcptRSZ qaB5CQ7kyOnisbZ3mwei4TwK7/tzYQzcNZsJbl8VnfAufGvTLCHWDzwnN4tKewwJ /lxlOM2NBnvEQ0Ovmb8Kqzzl6E6lfiqg2OzbkJW93eDJv8GHYlOkPs/7kvhy4Pc= =9L1D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ arig-discuss mailing list arig-discuss@lists.subsignal.org https://lists.subsignal.org/mailman/listinfo/arig-discuss
