Cat5 spec is 100 meters

Dave/John:

I have a node looking over the valley, at about 2850 East 3900 South  8dBi Omni

I can connect to the out door node with an indoor node so I think I'm configured correctly but I cant see any other nodes. Wondering if I messed something.

Not quite line of sight to Johns house but close.  A few trees in the path to  Dave's house.

The large Hamcation Hamfest in Orlando is in February and Dayton in May.

Are there any plans to set up Demos of HSMM-Mesh at either?

I hope to attend both & can bring my two operational units to participate in tests and to learn about ready-to-use apps.

Thanks! David

John,

instead of 90 meters of CAT5, which I think would be too long for CAT5 spec, just get another node for the house, and they will mesh up. You can connect to the one in the garage and control it as if you were over a cable.

Jim

K5KTF

Here is the book link.  Lets see if the editor can accpet the link:  http://wndw.net/download.html

Hello,

sorry to bring this up again, but I read a lot of posts and it seemed that I can't find a correct and detailed answer to my question.

Here is my problem. I have 4 friends living within 20 km away from me. From my balcony I can pinpoint the direction of their houses in a 60 degree angle south east.

We want to setup a mesh so that they can receive my signal and join my network vice versa.

But I'm not quiet sure about the type of antenna we should buy in order to achieve this. Can somebody share his experience or help us with the right equipment that can work for the above scenario ?

Any link to store will be just fine....

Thanks,

Chris

I had a chance to connect my node to a small mesh network during the YRARC Hamfest in Markham, ON. It was exciting. However, I realized that the biggest issue with mesh network is at the application level. We got connected and now what ? Can I pick up the mic and start talking ? VOIP is great but I thought that having some simple way of communicating right after connecting would be extremely useful.

What I came up with is a simple chat server that can run on the router itself and does not require any special client software except the regular web browser. So far I tested it with IE 6, 7 and firefox 13. Feel free to give it a try. Your feedback is always welcome.

Nikolai

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Hello,

I am new to the forum. I have just acquired a box of old DLink routers, and I was wondering whether there is any firmware that will run on them. Most of the firmware seems to be for Linksys routers.

The model numbers for the routers I have are:

DI-524,

DWL-2100AP

DWL-7000AP

Also, is this system legal to use in the UK?

Any help would be appreciated.

Jack.

If two routers can see only each other and not ny other peer I assume the newwork will run? If one of the two routers cann see another router on another exteneded netwoirk are the two routers above automatically linked.   Is it possble to keep them seperate?

John

If two routers can see only each other and not ny other peer I assume the newwork will run? If one of the two routers cann see another router on another exteneded netwoirk are the two routers above automatically linked.   Is it possble to keep them seperate?

John

I received a post yesterday and with a bit of courage I loaded up two routers and they are setup and talking to each other - now the fun begins.  

I am now looking for some gain antennae so I can attempt to connect to something outside my home.  I am looking for some chat, file sharing, and other apps to shoot across the ether now.  I hope to find some keyboard to keyboard applications.  I plan to do a gateway to the Internet when I can lock it down a bit.

Thanks to the OM that posted the help and I am sure I will be asking more questions later

73