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Kansas City Metro

PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2002 11:25 am
by acidrayne
Just wanting to see how many people there are out there in the KC area. I've found about 3 of us so far just talking on the boards. Would like to know if there are more.

Wichita

PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2002 2:07 pm
by db8tr
I already pm'ed you, acidrayne, but I thought I would put myself down on this list as well. I'm down in Wichita for the duration of the sunner but will be in Lawrence starting this fall.

PostPosted: Wed May 15, 2002 8:43 pm
by gcrocker
Hey there. btw, db8tr, there are some kcwireless nodes in Lawrence, and many more on the way.

I did some wardriving around Overland Park this evening with my new GPS. Very fun.

-glenn

OP Driving

PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2002 6:38 am
by acidrayne
Did you hit anything interesting? I ran into one the other day that was MSFTWLAN. Still don't know what the business was. I average at least 20 without an external each time I go out in OP.

PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2002 8:56 am
by gcrocker
I was mainly out doing a coverage check on a new kcwireless node, but also found tons of APs. Here's the coverage I got on that node:

(scroll down)
http://www.kcwireless.net/index.cgi?NodeKsJoCoWoodsonOutlook

and the complete map of what I did:

http://www.kcwireless.net/index.cgi?WarDriving

I'm still working on the NS->map process. Something's confused about the coordinates, and everything's a bit northwest of where it really should be.

-glenn

Questions

PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2002 9:03 am
by acidrayne
On the map from your driving session, what Highway is that? Im assuming the hilited road is State line?

Do you have the ability to make a jpg off that map with a little bit closer detail? I would love to have it if you could get one for me.

Thanks

PostPosted: Thu May 16, 2002 9:28 am
by gcrocker
It's 435.

I'm torn about how high quality I want to go with maps & stuff like that, but I'll do some higher-quality ones once I get the lat/long error stuff figured out. (everything's 50 feet northwest of where it should be).

Maybe I'll do higher-quality without the ESSIDs or something.

-glenn

Wichita Area Stumblers

PostPosted: Tue May 21, 2002 12:10 pm
by db8tr
I know that there is at least one out there! This is what I found while driving through downtown this afternoon.

KCWireless Node

PostPosted: Sun May 26, 2002 6:53 am
by acidrayne
Just FYI for Glenn ... I drove by your house again Saturday this time with my antenna ... When I was on the street behind you I was picking up your AP ok but when I was sitting right in front of your house I still couldn't get a strong enough signal to do much with. I actually thought about pulling into your driveway but I thought that would be a little gauche.

If you ever see a white Mitsubishi 3000GT pull into your driveway with an antenna on top though you will know who it is.

Happy Stumbling to all

PostPosted: Sun May 26, 2002 7:43 pm
by gcrocker
Heh. I have the 5dBi antenna near a window on the northeast side of the house, so the coverage you saw makes sense. I'll have an externally-mounted omni in the next month or so, and coverage should be much more interesting then.

I just made a couple of antennas, one a directional cantenna and the other an omni, and will be testing them next weekend. Join kcwireless-talk on http://www.kcwireless.net if you're interested in details on how that all goes, or want to come out for the testing.

-glenn

PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2002 8:30 am
by gcrocker
We're going to be building antennas and testing 'em next Sunday afternoon. Check out http://www.kcwireless.net/ for more info.

-glenn

PostPosted: Tue May 28, 2002 8:34 am
by acidrayne
I saw that on the mailing list message that you sent out ... I work Sun-Thurs from 8a-5p so I don't know that I will be able to make it. I will try if I can because I would like to get a cantenna made up.

KC Area Stumblers?

PostPosted: Mon Dec 30, 2002 7:56 am
by hevnsnt
Just wondering if there are any other KC stumblers around..

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 7:42 am
by direwolf
yep, at least one! :D

PostPosted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 8:37 am
by hevnsnt
cool I am in the olathe area.. Had any luck around there?