On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Steven Clift wrote:
> Does anyone know of efforts to use the license-free wireless 802.11b
> standard for a community wide area network anywhere in MN like in Seattle,
> etc.?
That is an interesting idea...
> See:
> http://www.seattlewireless.net
> http://freenetworks.org
Unfortunately, the sites don't give me an idea as to who is
providing bandwidth. There are some interesting technical challenges to
this idea that make it... interesting to us tech-heads.
One of the problems is that Mineapolis isn't as topographically
interesting as Seattle, so line-of-sight is actually more of a problem.
If someone can string an access-point to the old TV-Antenna on the roof of
their 2.5 storie house, that would be good. Strap a commercial AP to roof
and paint it to look like a roof-vent, and voila. Or see if you can con a
local HAM to allow some antenna space...
I also have 802.11b set up at home, and darn is it nifty. Took
the laptop with me to a conference recently where they had the
convention-center wired for wireless, and I was checking websites speakers
were tossing during sessions, live. The problem is the standard isn't a
terribly good one for Municipal Area Networks.
Greg Riedesel
SSP
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