From owen at amorous.com Thu Jul 22 21:14:42 2004 From: owen at amorous.com (Tom Koukoulis) Date: Thu Jul 22 21:14:57 2004 Subject: [Consume-nodes] Testing equipment Message-ID: <009101c47028$86720a80$7a154452@winxppc> Hi all, I am interested in setting up a node at my place, which is very close to the Thames Barrier (SE18) and I was wondering if anyone has any testing equipment that can lend me, so I can test if I can connect with anyone before getting my own equipment Thanx, Tom PS. Does anyone know if sky minidishes can be used for wi-fi? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.consume.net/pipermail/consume-nodes/attachments/20040722/b738fd15/attachment.htm From graham at hollymoon.co.uk Fri Jul 23 00:11:50 2004 From: graham at hollymoon.co.uk (Graham R. Balharrie) Date: Fri Jul 23 00:12:07 2004 Subject: [Consume-nodes] Testing equipment In-Reply-To: <009101c47028$86720a80$7a154452@winxppc> Message-ID: <000701c47041$482d4cd0$0600a8c0@graham> A quick Google showed that yes it is possible. and anyway, it is a very simple idea. Use the dish to help accent the signal. Use the standard tin can idea, and mount it to the end of the arm of the dish. http://www.frars.org.uk/cgi-bin/render.pl?pageid=1160 Have a look at that page for some more info. :-) I don't have any equipment to test with you. But im in the Berkshire area, and looking for people to start something with. Graham Balharrie -----Original Message----- From: consume-nodes-bounces+graham=hollymoon.co.uk@lists.consume.net [mailto:consume-nodes-bounces+graham=hollymoon.co.uk@lists.consume.net] On Behalf Of Tom Koukoulis Sent: 22 July 2004 21:15 To: consume-nodes@lists.consume.net Subject: [Consume-nodes] Testing equipment Hi all, I am interested in setting up a node at my place, which is very close to the Thames Barrier (SE18) and I was wondering if anyone has any testing equipment that can lend me, so I can test if I can connect with anyone before getting my own equipment Thanx, Tom PS. Does anyone know if sky minidishes can be used for wi-fi? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.consume.net/pipermail/consume-nodes/attachments/20040723/c454d5d4/attachment.htm