I've been looking for a good layman's guide to wireless (especially wireless in NYC) that explains all the jargon/acronyms. Anybody know of one, either on the web or in dead-tree form?
Much obliged, -steve ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, June 29, 2003 2:00 pm Subject: nycwireless Digest, Vol 4, Issue 31 > Send nycwireless mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nycwireless digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: brooklyn warbike map ... (Michael Hallen) > 2. Re: brooklyn warbike map ... (Jon Baer) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 00:56:09 -0400 > From: "Michael Hallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] brooklyn warbike map ... > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > Any chance of posting the Midwood map on the web? > > Let me know. > > Thanks > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------- > > Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 18:08:07 -0700 > From: "Jon Baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [nycwireless] brooklyn warbike map ... > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > i went biking for an hour today (midwood/park slope/carroll > gardens), who > would have thought warbiking would be such a good exercise :-) ... > i was > able to get ~750 APs in an hour + half going up towards 9th street. > equipment: thinkpad/earthmate/orinoco silver/technolab antenna. > > a few observations: > > * - near the promenade i got 'yankee stadium' ... ehh not sure if > that is > really possible ... if someone wants to check it it's @ pierrepont > + johnson > that i picked it up ... > * - i don't know if it's me but it looks as if alot of people > really think > of an ssid as their password > * - wep on: 256 vs. wep off: 512 > * - nycwireless nodes: 1 @ (president + henry) > http://www.nodedb.org/unitedstates/ny/newyork/view.php?nodeid=120 > > map: http://www.jonbaer.net/wifi/images/2003_06_27.gif > > - jon > > pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc > fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47 > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 09:41:48 -0700 > From: "Jon Baer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] brooklyn warbike map ... > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > im actually looking for the correct option to allow me to html- > tile mappoint > files to cover a larger area ... > > here is an example: > > http://www.jonbaer.net/wifi/yankee.html > > most of "midwood" is both sides of ocean parkway ... > > - jon > > pgp key: http://www.jonbaer.net/jonbaer.asc > fingerprint: F438 A47E C45E 8B27 F68C 1F9B 41DB DB8B 9A0C AF47 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Hallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: [nycwireless] brooklyn warbike map ... > > > > Hi, > > > > Any chance of posting the Midwood map on the web? > > > > Let me know. > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/Archives: > http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > End of nycwireless Digest, Vol 4, Issue 31 > ****************************************** > -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
