Ya, the Wi-Fi is working great and I am just going to get a land line
for around the computers. Getting the directional antenna allowed me to
see what was really going on in my vicinity and finally understand
wireless a little. The bummer is that I can't use the antenna in
another location, say, on another computer to do experimentation,
because I need the Internet to do research while I am experimenting.
I have another USB Wi-Fi adapter /w dongle that I can use directionally,
but it gets 1 Mbps and poor signal strength...and when the wind blows
the signal drops out. You get the idea. Nothing I would use to try to
learn Linux wireless on. I do have ZOD on a dual boot with XP on that
Wi-Fi box, but I think I am going to use a couple of spare computers to
build a test Wi-Fi and try to learn more...something I can tinker on.
Basically, Linux wireless Internet is gonna have to wait a while.
WARNING! EXPANDED RANT AHEAD!
I just got over the Goldilocks Syndrome: first I blew a lot of money on
computers and ended up in debt; then, I cheap'd out and got a lot of
headaches; now things are just right on hardware. Hey, I'm only four
years behind now! To be fair to me I've been working six and seven days
a week, in non-computer work, for the past five years, but fortunately
my friend is almost finished with the remodel I've been helping him on.
Of course, the crappy night job goes on, but this has let me dumpster
dive for some interesting hardware. So my point here is that it looks
like smooth sailing on hardware for a while, so take it slow and enjoy
the ride.
I need to turn my direction to my main focuses: art related projects and
getting a day job. I see some expanded possibilities for Tux on
YouTube; so I am re-energized. I also solved an important design issue
relating to the materials for the body of the costume. Now, I have to
execute the design. I should have it done for the fair, but it all
depends on how it turn out and there won't be a Tux 2.0 if it fails.
Tux is just a goof. Just a little moral support. The comic is another
issue. I'll be seriously engrossed after I get 1 GB of memory for my
design box (I had to steal memory from that one to get ZOD running.)
Yes, I work the memory margins.
The thing I was saying about the "Gift Economy" and open source is that
the dynamic of presentation is changing rapidly. The [EMAIL PROTECTED]
idea is outmoded and there are better forums for that.
Brian
LinuxRocks! wrote:
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 01:12:52PM -0800, B. Gallagher wrote:
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 13:12:52 -0800
To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Mr O mentioned some website cleanup (rant)
From: "B. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Jamie
Thanks for getting back to me. This is a long winded rant (and, I hope,
a little humorous) on the state of this perennial n00b.
Hey, you asked "why!"
Wow. so, that was kinda long.
aparently i dont have the authorization to add/remove or anything like
that (just approve/delete unsubbed postings.) If you can send email from
those accounts, you can unsub yourself.
http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
Ive been having trouble with wireless phones too... took me 3 months
(and 3 phones...) but now I have a 5.8Ghz that will work the distance I
need (It turns out that just because its 5.8Ghz, doesnt mean it will
work better than 900mhz!) My five year old 900mhz phone works better
than pretty much all the 5.8's under a hundred bucks (I got an open box
phoe for $80.)
I can find it right now, but i found some nice "rubber duck" antenna for
under $20, (with magnetic base, and cable with either tnc or sma
connectors.) They also had an amplifier for around $100 (onsale), that
looked pretty apealing too.
Im unclear on if you got your wifi working right or not... is everything
working right?
Jamie
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