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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:08 pm
by Scruge
Wolphin wrote:Mapping a large rural area. To know where there is APs w/o having to stop, use directional antennas to get a bearing, and having to repeat several times.


I don't have any idea how its done. but the folks at Wigle can do it.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:32 pm
by Wolphin
Scruge wrote:I don't have any idea how its done. but the folks at Wigle can do it.

It looks to me to jst be plotting netstumbler coordnates on a global map. You can submit a netstumbler file. What I want to be able to triangulate is antennas that can be seen by a laptop or pda at several km, and by a good antenna at 20+ km (LOS pending).

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:44 pm
by Starpoint
Wolphin wrote:It looks to me to jst be plotting netstumbler coordnates on a global map. You can submit a netstumbler file. What I want to be able to triangulate is antennas that can be seen by a laptop or pda at several km, and by a good antenna at 20+ km (LOS pending).



You will need alot of tools for that.. which will cost you alot of $$$$.

Your best bet would be to just hire a pro.

I know in my city they were going to get a city wide WIFI, but it fell through. Personally I think its silly to have wifi sent TO your house for your home internet. Parks, playgrounds, bar's,libraries, strip joints, public places etc... sure, put up hot spots, but why have a wireless signal sent to your house? I would rather it be piped in via cable or DSL..(ok, FIBER is preffered but cannot afford that atm)

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:27 pm
by Wolphin
Starpoint wrote:You will need alot of tools for that.. which will cost you alot of $$$$.

Your best bet would be to just hire a pro.

I know in my city they were going to get a city wide WIFI, but it fell through. Personally I think its silly to have wifi sent TO your house for your home internet. Parks, playgrounds, bar's,libraries, strip joints, public places etc... sure, put up hot spots, but why have a wireless signal sent to your house? I would rather it be piped in via cable or DSL..(ok, FIBER is preffered but cannot afford that atm)

That's just it: I am a pro, and rural doesn't have any sort of cable, and phone only supports at best 33.3 kbps, and no DSL. So wireless is the best way (only way for online gaming). Fibre is usually about $30/m

They use mesh networks for the networks (each AP connects to several other APs wirelessly).

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:28 pm
by Scruge
Wolphin wrote:It looks to me to jst be plotting netstumbler coordnates on a global map. You can submit a netstumbler file. What I want to be able to triangulate is antennas that can be seen by a laptop or pda at several km, and by a good antenna at 20+ km (LOS pending).


I agree, but they say they triangulate the data.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 8:01 pm
by MikeP928
Wolphin wrote:That's just it: I am a pro, and rural doesn't have any sort of cable, and phone only supports at best 33.3 kbps, and no DSL. So wireless is the best way (only way for online gaming). Fibre is usually about $30/m

They use mesh networks for the networks (each AP connects to several other APs wirelessly).


A "PRO" using Netstumbler as the primary tool for producing high grade maps?

We all use NS on a regular basis, but not in the situations you are describing.

For some reason the meter is starting to go off the scale.

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:06 pm
by Barry
$30 a month for fiber? Jump on that shit!! I pay more than that for cable!

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:22 pm
by Wolphin
MikeP928 wrote:A "PRO" using Netstumbler as the primary tool for producing high grade maps?

We all use NS on a regular basis, but not in the situations you are describing.

For some reason the meter is starting to go off the scale.

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no, I wouldn't use it to actually use it to make the map, just get the coordinates. I have a solution called Radio Mobile that works great for radio plots to generate the maps

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 9:24 pm
by Wolphin
Barry wrote:$30 a month for fiber? Jump on that shit!! I pay more than that for cable!


no, $30 per metre - that's just for the physical cable, not including a point of presence, or internet feed

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:01 pm
by Barry
Wolphin wrote:no, $30 per metre - that's just for the physical cable, not including a point of presence, or internet feed


Okay, that sounds normal.

PostPosted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:19 pm
by Airstreamer
Barry wrote:Okay, that sounds normal.


Huh. I pay $30 for fiber per month. It's only 3mb/300k for internet though. The cable signal is piped in on it as well and split out at the house. The total bill is about $80 for IP + cable including the taxes. I can get POTS sent over the PON box, (ATM based,) but I've stuck with copper POTS for backup to the cell phones. I did get them to lift the bandwidth limitation once for testing and at the time, it went to over 15mb/sec symetrical. (And that was before we upgraded our POP access to multiple 100mbit connections..)

PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 11:39 am
by Wolphin
Airstreamer wrote:Huh. I pay $30 for fiber per month. It's only 3mb/300k for internet though. The cable signal is piped in on it as well and split out at the house. The total bill is about $80 for IP + cable including the taxes. I can get POTS sent over the PON box, (ATM based,) but I've stuck with copper POTS for backup to the cell phones. I did get them to lift the bandwidth limitation once for testing and at the time, it went to over 15mb/sec symetrical. (And that was before we upgraded our POP access to multiple 100mbit connections..)

are you saying megabytes and kilobytes, or megabits and kilobits.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:39 pm
by brwrdrvr
Wolphin wrote:are you saying megabytes and kilobytes, or megabits and kilobits.


HAHAHHA

Now that's a funny ass question coming from a "Pro". A pro would know what he meant by a XXmb/sec connection speed.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 12:53 pm
by beakmyn
brwrdrvr wrote:HAHAHHA

Now that's a funny ass question coming from a "Pro". A pro would know what he meant by a XXmb/sec connection speed.


I thought it is 0.0# Gigacycles.

PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:42 pm
by streaker69
beakmyn wrote:I thought it is 0.0# Gigacycles.


But you must first generate 1.21 jigawatts.