Pretoria WUG

OK, ek is 200 meter van die erasmusrand Highsite af. Ek gaan vanmiddag op die paal klim en kyk of ek 'n foto kan neem.
 
Erasmusrand broadcast nie, dis n backbone only highsite, users kan nie daaraan connect nie. Jy behoort Die Wilgers of Zwartkop of Lynnwood wel te kry
 
Miskien Zwartkop, die ander twee is aan die ander kant van die koppie. Daar is heelwat wat ek kan raaksien op LOS. Ek sal kyk of ek hulle kan sien met die kamera en dan die foto's aanstuur as ek nie seker is nie. My hardeware kom maandag en dan is dit heeltyd speeltyd!
 
OK, Dit lyk asof aan hierdie kant geen (naby) access point is nie. Hoe gaan ek te werk om een op te sit? Ek het wel konneksie na 'n paar sites toe, (Ek sit bo-op Waterkloofrif) en kan die Westekant van Waterkloofrif asook monumentpark.
 
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laubscherc said:
OK, Dit lyk asof aan hierdie kant geen (naby) access point is nie. Hoe gaan ek te werk om een op te sit? Ek het wel konneksie na 'n paar sites toe, (Ek sit bo-op Waterkloofrif) en kan die Westekant van Waterkloofrif asook monumentpark.
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laubscherc Neem so paar "line of sight" fotos en sit dit op die Wug Gallery en kom praat met ons op IRC.

Groete,

Ludo
 
laubscherc - afstand is nie n groot probleem nie, daar link ouens uit Kempton Park uit na Rietvallei toe (met standard kit) - so as jy mooi line of sight het na n highsite toe is jy sorted.
 
It has been said over a hundred times, but I still need to say that you guys are doing an amazing job. Hope to get Harties connected to the PTAWug soon. ;)
 
is 'n rb411 rerig helemal useless of kan die ding darem die job doen? of is die kritiek eerder dat 'n panel op 'n rb411 underperform vs 'n grid op 'n rb411?
 
RB411 kan die job doen, maar hy kan net EEN job doen, en dis die probleem - kan nie expand nie, kan nie mesh nie, kan nie nog coverage maak nie.

Die rede hoekom PTAWUG se goed groei is omdat ons die RB433 aanbeveel en baie mense dan aan nog n highsite link of coverage maak vir ander.

RB433, R52 radio, 27dbi 5.8 grid, enclosure, poe, etc is R1838 excl by miro nou op die wug special.

btw MrNutz, ek was gister daar by SASOL in jou valley, ek het die ou stoorsilo ding wat julle highsite is gesien.
 
aaitsa - wat jy by sasol gaan doen - hulle wonderlike geure gaan snuffel :)

ja erm - ons sukkel ons gaaijas suur om mense te kry om belang te stel..lyk my as jy suid van die vaal bly bestee jy nie meer as R500 aan toerusting nie..mense dink nog hier om 'n pc te koop vir meer as R4000 is malligheid...

ja...what can i say :)

ons setup behoort !$@!$!@ reg te loop einde die maand - dan wil ek met xarion chat - klink my platperg na ons silo toe is 'n moontlikheid
 
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as jy nie meer as R500 aan toerusting wil spandeer nie, gaan jy nie meer as 500bytes/sec kry nie...indien enigsins.
 
Ek is nuut op die forum en het nog nie kans gekry om al die pos in die topic te lees nie. Ook nie seker hoe om myself op die kaart te plot nie. Ek bly in Mountain View en kan baie vêr sien; WNNR in die ooste en die Monument in die suide. Ek is 'n Radio Ammateur en het redelike afstande gehaal op 2 meter.
Ek sal mettertyd agter die kap van die byl kom met die PTAWUG projek.
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Danie
 
Ratau said:
Ek is nuut op die forum en het nog nie kans gekry om al die pos in die topic te lees nie. Ook nie seker hoe om myself op die kaart te plot nie. Ek bly in Mountain View en kan baie vêr sien; WNNR in die ooste en die Monument in die suide. Ek is 'n Radio Ammateur en het redelike afstande gehaal op 2 meter.
Ek sal mettertyd agter die kap van die byl kom met die PTAWUG projek.
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Danie
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Danie, volg net eenvoudig die stappe op http://www.ptawug.co.za/content_list_11 - dit verduidelik alles wat jy moet doen om te plot en te connect.

Van Mountain View af behoort jy in alle waarskynlikheid die Riveria Highsite op te tel.
 
Dit lyk op Google Earth asof daar operational clients connect aan Boneschans. Ek het ongelukkig n 411 routerBoard gekoop, maar kan dit na my ander site in Lyttelton toe vat en n 433 RouterBoard hier insit.
 
hey there!

well, my body corporate finally aproved the arial etc to be placed at my house, next weekend seems like a good time to plot, upload, etc... will please require some help from you guys!

(this weekend is bulls game, i'll fall of the roof!
 
I just want to clarify something (not aimed at anyone in this thread, but in general). People are connecting to wugs expecting some kind of service where they can sit back and just demand that everything must be working, not wanting to contribute from their side as well.
This is NOT how ANY wug works.

For example, if the highsite you connect to goes down, it's your responsibility to get it up again, or install backup power. Or just get on your roof, turn your antenna and connect to another highsite, that's if you REALLY need your daily wug fix. Or look for and put up an alternative site. Or put up a mesh link from you to a user that connects to a different highsite to provide redundancy. Or have actually helped on the site where you connect, so you have the owner's cell number and can call him to find out what's happening.

Every effort is made to keep all highsites up 24/7, but Eskom are bliksems. At some important sites we have installed backup power, but at Rietvallei a WISP sharing the tower with us decided to plug his kit on our batteries, screwing up a R3500 charger and causing a day of downtime and lots of driving around for bashTux. The guy from the wisp refuses to pay, but that's a story for another day.

WUG's are not services run by elite admin teams so the masses can use it. It's by EVERYONE for EVERYONE. I'm not saying everyone must trek up mountains with wifi gear and put up towers, but rather that everyone must have the spirit and animus to help the wug.
For example: There are okes that will anytime fetch some kit from the suppliers in Midrand where they pass through from work.
Others will sponsor some equipment for new highsites, as they don't have the time or technical know-how to install it on the site. Others don't have the money to sponsor kit, but they then help to install the kit on the sites. Some okes only sit on IRC and help new users with their questions.
Each person has something (physically or a skill/talent) they can contribute to the wug.

WUG = Wireless USERS GROUP, if it was some kind of commercial network with set service levels etc. it would have just been PTAWN - Pretoria Wireless Network. I'm not saying you are not allowed to mention that things are not working lekker or is broken, no problem. But people that demand that things should be working but are unwilling to put their weight behind it to get the problem sorted, should rather not connect. The wug users are the people that keep everything running, put up highsites, do routing, assign IP's, run network services, find new highsites, help new users etc. No-one gets paid to do any of this.

Thus, if you are wanting to join a permanently, fast, realiable 99.9% uptime network where you want to demand service levels and not do anything from your side to help the network. Don't join a wug.
 
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