Wireless Networking Elsewhere

I'd like to know the state of the art of municiple wireless now.

The postings here seem rather spotty. I'm wondering if this means that the interest in muniwireless is losing steam...
and losing steam because if price cutting by SBC.

I've seen some wireless projects such as Osage that have rates 3x that of what my monthly billing is from an SBC provider based in my own home town.

At these rates, what sort of proposal can I take to the city alders to make a permanent and controlled muni service where rates are guaranteed to be the lowest?

Optical cable has just been laid throughou the entire city (about
80,000 po.)

Wifi hot spots are becoming more common at such locations as the public library but are not widespread. This use of laptops does not even effect me. What I'd prefer is using a thin client terminal under Linux or some such for my own use.

So who can say something about what's going on now? Are communities actually unplugging more than they are plugging in and pursuing the muniwireless program?

Hi,

I'm a part of a team that wants to develop a wifi network in Cincinnati Ohio. We are novices.

We would like to establish a node system next spring and are considering experimenting with cantennas to link up a handful of homes this week.

Could we setup cantennas for use as a start? It seems cheap, easy. Is this a waste of time if we'll eventually build the bigger kind?

2)What is the optimum or acceptable distance between wifi nodes?

3) What is the cost per node ($1-200 per, I think)

4)Can we use the existing RR lines for the internet hookup? Or do we need a t-1?

here's what Phil Windley, the former CIO for the state of Utah, and a respected consultant in the field, blogged yesterday about what I'd blogged on (among other things) CU-Win's applicability to the Hurricane recovery: http://government.zdnet.com/?p=1694

Hey Everyone,

We have decided to go in a different directional with our roll-out (WRT54G running OLSR - Love to see HSLS on it) and we won't be using the Metrix Boxes we ordered. My goof but you benefit.

I need to unload 12 and I am willing to part with them for $150. This is the Mark I kit with 200mw card.

If you are interested drop me an email at chris@sominet.com.

This is the first place I am offering but I will posting wherever to try and recover some dough on these.

Pics are available if you want them and I will throw in shipping.

Thanks,
Chris

Key Topics:

The pinging time from one device other is less or equal 2 ms. Data transmission rate 36 mbps, db -80, noise 94. We are using SIP protocol & G723 (5.3 and/or 6.3 kbits/sec) codec on all devices (SIPURA, IP Phone). When two or three user simultaneously want to dial the voice quality fall down or some times it showing busy tone. But only one user can talk very comfortably.

Devices:

We are set WRT54g in the base unit as an Access Point(AP) and the remote unit as a client bridge.

Basic Setup in AP(192.168.0.101):

• Wireless mode Access point
• Wireless network mode mixed
• Wireless network name SSID : JP-1
• Wireless Channel : 11 -2.4 GHz
• Wireless SSID Broadcast Enable
• DHCP disable
• Firmware version FREE Man basic 1.0.2
• TX power 84 mW (19.2dBm)
• QoS: enabled and all ports set max priority.

Basic Setup in Client Bridge (192.168.0.102):

• Wireless mode Client Bridge
• Wireless network mode mixed
• Wireless network name SSID : JP-1
• Wireless Channel : 11 -2.4 GHz
• Wireless SSID Broadcast Enable
• DHCP disable
• Firmware version FREE Man basic 1.0.2
• TX power 84 mW (19.2dBm)
• QoS: enabled and all ports set max priority.

Advance Settings:

Authentication Type: (Default: Auto)
Basic Rate: Default
Transmission Rate: Auto(Default: Auto)(but we check 36mbps)
CTS Protection Mode: (Default: Disable)
Frame Burst: Disable (Default: Disable)
Beacon Interval: (Default: 100)
DTIM Interval: (Default: 1)
Fragmentation Threshold: (Default: 2346, Range: 256 - 2346)
RTS Threshold: (Default: 2347, Range: 0 - 2347)
AP Isolation: Off (Default: Off)
TX Antenna: Auto (Default: Auto)
RX Antenna: Auto (Default: Auto)
TX Power: 84mw
Afterburner: Off (Default: Off)

2nd try :

We have also tried with firmware WRT54GV4[1].0_4.20.6_US_code. This firmware is linksys last release official firmware. We have set up wireless net work mode G-only in both devices. Unfortunately there is no option to set here as wireless AP or Client -bridge.

It will be highly apprecitaed if u can hgelp me.

russel

russel_lf@yahoo.com