Pretoria WUG

[protzkrog]

*218

some more will connect this week as the equipment suppliers have opened again today

 

[dadecoza]

julle kom mooi aan ek skat ctwug trek seker deesdae so by die 80s, ons sal ons sokkies moet optrek.

 

[louisp]

Lekker dade!!

BUt you have it easy, 1 HS on Tafelberg and you have coverage everywhere!!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Joburg and Pta, at this stage, is connected.

Which prompts the question - how do places like Cape Town, PE and Durban connect as well?

One solution would be to ask Telkom/Neotel/Vocadom/MTN/whoever whether they'll sponsor a backhaul link (even if it's 16k) between Gauteng and the other cities... P2P/FTP and HTTP file transfer can be blocked on these links to allow IRC (and other non-intensive traffic) to pass through without any bottlenecks.

Another is that we build and launch our own satellite

Nice to see the WUG's growing at a steady rate!

Cheers!

Libs

 

[BigBear]

I am getting my stuff in order to hopefully join the PTA & JHB wug.
What kind of setup are you guys using now?
I am very close to the PTA-East: CP Point.

 

[protzkrog]

what kind of setup ? what do you mean ?

 

[BigBear]

WRT the Hardware 2 connect 2 the Wug Site.
Any Software required to join?

 

[protzkrog]

we use mikrotik mainly, 4 ppl of the 219 on PTAWUG use WRTs as 2.4ghz is very slow in PTA because of all the noise

no software is required

 

[BigBear]

Ok, thanks will contact you guys later.

The other Frequency is 2.7 ghz or something.?
Can believe all the noise on 2.4 Ghz, must be crazy.

 

[protzkrog]

5.8ghz is the other one, best to connect on that

only Constantia Park, Pretoria North and Irene has some 2.4ghz equipment on, the rest is 5.8 only

 

[chubster]

We need chicks willing to hand out flyers in Cape Town, everybody is flat broke

 

[remybfg10k]

ask Niccia.

 

[protzkrog]

223 users connected to PTAWUG

standard kit (RB433, grid) price from scoop.co.za : R2406.00 incl VAT

the time is now, join join join!

 

[louisp]

Telkom is screwing with our internet access,

So our IRC servers are not that reliable at this stage

BUT you can still join via hub.jawug.za.net

Or just msg me, and I'll sort you out!!

 

[methos.methos]

Can someone Tell me where exactly Mooilkoof Highsite is? I'm Thinking of Connecting to it.

 

[protzkrog]

www.wug.za.net -> WugNet -> Wugplotter -> download KML -> open KML with google earth, look for Mooikloof highsite - within 50m radius from the location shown there.

 

[rebel998]

Protz, wat doen julle vir weerlig? Veral op die highsites? En is daar iets soos n manual? Want ek wil dit graag vir iemand stuur wie se netwerk gereeld deur die weer gemoer word.

 

[louisp]

Weerlig is 'n probleem. Maar dit lyk nie asof ouens met kit meer geslaan word as ander nie. Wat die beste is? Ek weet nie... Daar is ouens wat beweer dit help om 'n koper draad reguit in die grond in te vat.

Ander beweer dat geen grond draad beter is. Who knows. Die ergste wat nog gebeur het waarvan ek weet is dat ouens hulle kit verlor het, maar die rkenaar en huis was fine.

 

[protzkrog]

Ons Die Wilgers highsite wat n 6m staal toring op die Bronberg is, is n ideale weerlig aantrekker, maar daai toring is so goed en diep ge-earth hy word nie geslaan nie, wel nog nie. Ek het al van my woonstel af gesien hoe die weerlig herhaaldelik langs hom slaan op die berg, maar nooit hom direk nie. So goeie diep earthing is die beste manier om weerlig te keer.

 

[[OUPA]MrNutz]

het julle manne al geconsider om 'n internet page te maak wat wys of highsites up&running is of nie..

hier is manne wat wug wil join maar wat moet wag vir feedback of sekere punte op of af is..

net 'n suggestion dalk


cheerz