[CLUG] Thursday Night and Wireless LANs

[Donncha O Caoimh]

adam beecher wrote:
> 
> > Well, line of sight eh? Adam - I wonder if I could put a tall antenna on
> > top of Beaumont School so the two of us could communicate.
> >
> Uh, the two of us /can/ communicate? HEL-LO DONNCHA, I'M TALKING TO YOU FROM
> YOUR COMPUTER!


boring!! :P

> 
> > Might even be able to get Niamh in on it too, God knows, I've been
> > promising to install Linux on her machine for ages as it is.. Owen
> > is just down the road in the other direction ..
> >
> Be pretty cool if there was a network of repeaters around the city actually,
> with a couple of base stations tied into the net. I've got a fiver, a couple
> of old CBs and a rake of insulation tape here to get the process started...

Now you're thinking.. With CBs we could even get 1200 baud transmission!
woo! Hmm.. where's Ski to add to this conversation?

> 
> > If only we were living in the Netherlands or somewhere else flat!
> >
> Nah, although I've seriously thought about moving for a broadband
> connection - Sweden is apparently dirt cheap, but the cost of living is
> crazy and beer is far too expensive for my consumption level - I'd never do
> it. Cork's just the berries like!

True, true. In a night club it cost me 4 quid for half a pint of beer! I
won't scare you with the price of other drink! 
But I tested the connection from the appartment I was staying in, and
got 55k/s from ftp.esat.net :) It's a cable connection but there's not
many people in their block using it!

Still, going back in August methinks. Most enjoyable place to visit!

Donncha.