Sounds like a good deal. I live in NE minneapolis also; near central and st. anthony pkwy. I'm pretty much a newbie to 802.11 but I'd be interested in doing what I can to contribute to any kind of network we set up. A TCWUG meeting is definately overdue :) Jeff At 11:17 AM 4/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: >all- > >i joined this mailing list a couple of weeks ago and i just recently >finished catching up on the mailing list archives. from some of the >discussions that took place a couple of months ago there was some interest >in creating a real community wireless network but nothing (or so it would >seem from the archives) was really done about it. > >i've had several opportunities to use the seattle wireless networks and >several in the bay area as well as the guerrilla network in the boston >area and i'm quite disappointed that there isn't anything equivalent in >the twin cities area. > >since building really big service provider networks is what i do for a >living. i figured if i'm disappointed in this i should really do something >about it. > >is there a populace amongst the list that would be interested in meeting >and coordinating the deployment (albeit i'm sure quite limited at this >time?) of such a network? i'm in the process of setting up a public >access point in my neighborhood (NE minneapolis) once my omnis show up. > >i've been hacking on the NoCatAuth stuff (http://www.nocat.net) to talk to >real routers (cisco) for the traffic shaping and such. since this seems >to be the most promising mode of community authentication i would be quite >willing to host an authetication server for local authentication and >integration with other WCNs. > >any takers? any interest in setting up a face to face meeting for >interested parties? there are a plethora of network design and >administration issues which would need to be addressed in deploying this >on any scale. i understand that the dunn bros. in st. paul has wireless >access and that it will be forthcoming at a few other locations. if there >is considerable interest in a whiteboard session i can likely host a >meeting a class/meeting room at work with a whiteboard. (sorry - no public >wireless access). > > > > >-- >steve ulrich sulrich at botwerks.org >PGP: 8D0B 0EE9 E700 A6CF ABA7 AE5F 4FD4 07C9 133B FAFC >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >Minnesota >http://www.tcwug.org >tcwug-list at tcwug.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002 -------------- next part -------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.351 / Virus Database: 197 - Release Date: 4/19/2002