Wireless at Tarvid's farm

Submitted by tarvid on Fri, 2008/06/06 - 20:21.
Hughesnet sucks. Find an alternative connection.
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Submitted by tarvid on Sat, 2008/06/07 - 09:25.
  • Get power up the hill - garden plugin and well house
  • height - temporary use tripod and mast. Longer term - select tree and scale. Have belt, need spikes.
  • radio - temporary RB133C in indoor case. Longer term - rootenna or weatherproof encloser
  • connectivity - router, WDS?
  • survey - scan horizon, take AP to Independence - Methodist Church, ball park, Wolf's hill

With the discovery of NC ...

Submitted by DeepGeek on Fri, 2008/07/18 - 20:02.
Perhaps the answer is to reach out with what bandwidth you have at hand. Can the HughesNet FAP be mitigated with dollars? Will neighbors add dial-up or satellite back-haul to a growing wireless network? Eventually, a volunteer network might reach terrestrial broadband.