[CUWiN] Good Wireless card for nodes?

[Sascha Meinrath]

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Shankar Rao wrote:

> I have another question. Since I will be using old computers instead of
> those soekris boards, I'm assuming that I will need coaxial cable to
> get from the antennae to the computer. Do I need any specially
> shielded, or will the kind I use to get cable to my room be fine?

the cuwin project has several antenna/cable runs already made that we
could sell you for the cost of the parts (about $100).  the cable runs are
about 20-25' long and you should (if they have the same connector) be able
to connect directly to your computer's wireless card.  we'd built them
before we got the OSI funding which allowed us to standardize our
equipment and it'll save you _a lot_ of time and hassle.

lemme know,

--sascha

> On Aug 18, 2004, at 7:59 PM, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>
> >>>> location #3: Broadway, between Washington and Nevada
> >>>
> >>> That is a stone's throw from my place.
> >>
> >> Sweet. Looking at the coverage map, it seems like it has the potential
> >> to bridge the two networks. Is the coverage map up to date?
> >
> > alas, it's not up to date.  we actually need someone to update it with
> > new
> > node locations.  if anyone is interested in working on this, please
> > let me
> > know.
>
> This seems like a simple job using photoshop or GIMP or something. I'd
> be interested in working on this (once I have my node setup of course.
>
> "If what they say is 'Nothing is forever', then what makes Love the
> exception?" -- OutKast
>

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Sascha Meinrath
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