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Ryder_JHB
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I just did a quick google, and there do seem to be plenty of long threads (both for DD-WRT and OpenWRT) discussing these units, so there may very well be hope! (I will read through these VERY long threads when I get a gap!)
Capex request Approved
My wife has approved my capex request in principle, so I will start the long haul down the Jawug road at the end of the month. I am registered on http://www.wug.za.net as toby
My wife has approved my capex request in principle, so I will start the long haul down the Jawug road at the end of the month. I am registered on http://www.wug.za.net as toby
Ryder_JHB
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One thing to note: Wives / GF's, and all Significant Others do NOT and will NOT appreciate Jawug the way you will! They will come to hate it! (Because of all of the time you spend on the wug!)
This is the best advic, err, gotta go, she's calling
spiderz
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www.wug.za.net
"Wug.za.net is a South African community based site geared toward a community based wireless network world."
"Joining and setting up your node is more a learning experience than a chance to leech files, you will learn a lot...
The WUGS listed on here are used for non-profit and are merely an infrastructure for people to exchange information and data and play games."
Ryder_JHB
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Jawug = Johannesburg Area Wireless Users Group
Well we've been on the Wug for about a week now and it's ok. The speed seems decent (150-300 kb/s) but also very poor (<25 kb/s)at certain times - has to do with large chunks of wuggers playing games during the evenings apparently when everything is throttled to high hell it seems.
The state of the FTP sites is my only other gripe. It always seems to be the same 6/7 servers which are obviously powered up on a permanent basis. I was under the impression that as people logged on, their own ftp servers would become available. Not so it seems.
We will also have our own ftp server up in the next week or so I reckon - we also considering having something streamed... Borat perhaps. Or maybe "Great speeches by Margaret Thatcher"... Or mp3 streaming or whatever else. Lots of possibilities there.
Worth it for me personally because I managed to locate a copy of Ubuntu 8.04 on a nice man's ftp server, which I prompty downloaded and installed over the weekend. I am just loving that right now... Although I have been struggling with balls of tar...
So some aspects of the Wug are good, and some less so. My 2 cents...
The state of the FTP sites is my only other gripe. It always seems to be the same 6/7 servers which are obviously powered up on a permanent basis. I was under the impression that as people logged on, their own ftp servers would become available. Not so it seems.
We will also have our own ftp server up in the next week or so I reckon - we also considering having something streamed... Borat perhaps. Or maybe "Great speeches by Margaret Thatcher"... Or mp3 streaming or whatever else. Lots of possibilities there.
Worth it for me personally because I managed to locate a copy of Ubuntu 8.04 on a nice man's ftp server, which I prompty downloaded and installed over the weekend. I am just loving that right now... Although I have been struggling with balls of tar...
So some aspects of the Wug are good, and some less so. My 2 cents...
Ryder_JHB
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Hey Bob24... Queues are active between 19:00 and 23:00 each and every evening, to cater for the gamers, so that is why you have poor downloading speeds at those times.
Some of the original gang continue to keep their FTP servers (and DC, and Torrents) active, but these days, newcomers dont really seem to bothered about "contributing" to the network (by hosting services or servers)
hmmm, I wonder which "nice man" had Ubuntu 8.04 on his ftp?
Even better than Ubuntu ISO's are the Ubuntu repository mirrors. At least two of them on JAWUG at the moment that have all the latest updates and packages (and even BETA versions). Means you can get all your updates for free across the wug and even do a net-install.
Ryder
I might be wrong but I think you were logged into our Microtik router over the weekend when dealing with my brother Spyker...
Regarding the servers: Im new and obviously not up to speed with where the community is heading or even what the rules are, but personally I feel that members current and future, should make some data available to be "allowed on" If I can put it like that (if thats the standard then it should be enforced somehow).
Seems we have a bit of a bottom heavy scenario where lots are pulling off from a few and this is negatively impacting performance. If no one shared their files in torrent swarms, then the great practicality of the technology would be useless, don't you agree?
Are we not maybe heading towards a future scenario where fewer and fewer people will be sharing more stale data and less new info?
Also what games are played and can I join? I have Doom 1 and Paperboy...
I might be wrong but I think you were logged into our Microtik router over the weekend when dealing with my brother Spyker...
Regarding the servers: Im new and obviously not up to speed with where the community is heading or even what the rules are, but personally I feel that members current and future, should make some data available to be "allowed on" If I can put it like that (if thats the standard then it should be enforced somehow).
Seems we have a bit of a bottom heavy scenario where lots are pulling off from a few and this is negatively impacting performance. If no one shared their files in torrent swarms, then the great practicality of the technology would be useless, don't you agree?
Are we not maybe heading towards a future scenario where fewer and fewer people will be sharing more stale data and less new info?
Also what games are played and can I join? I have Doom 1 and Paperboy...
Wish I knew that before I downloaded the 300MB worth of updates through my iBurst... How do point my Ubuntu to those servers for updates?
Ryder_JHB
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Yes, 'twas I who assisted Spyker recently, and did some secret mikrotik h4x0ring to get him (and you) connected onto the network.
I have always been of the opinion that a new member should be required to host at least one "service" - be it a game/web/voip/ftp/streaming/video whatever server - that way we can always be sure things will grow.
As for current gaming, COD4, CSS are probably the two most popular, and there are often matches between JHB and PTA in the evenings (which would not be possible if the queues were not active)
Best advice I can give you: Get yourself into IRC, and ask all the questions in there - we debate, discuss, and come up with new ideas all the time for building / maintaining / improving the wug experience!
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gah. nothing within line of site using woodmead or woodmeadext (both planned)
Contribution
When my link is up, I have Debian 4 on three DVD's. If you look at Debian Site you will see the CD Version and the DVD Version. The CD Collection Approx 24 CD's (i.e. All Packages ) and the DVD Version Three DVD's. I will contribute this to whoever wants it on their FTP Server.
I am willing to host a service that may not be hosted yet. However, I am a linux nood. so lots of learning required.
Main reason for connecting is to get myself on first, then my nephew in kempton park to access my Server on my side. Also to learn.
When my link is up, I have Debian 4 on three DVD's. If you look at Debian Site you will see the CD Version and the DVD Version. The CD Collection Approx 24 CD's (i.e. All Packages ) and the DVD Version Three DVD's. I will contribute this to whoever wants it on their FTP Server.
I am willing to host a service that may not be hosted yet. However, I am a linux nood. so lots of learning required.
Main reason for connecting is to get myself on first, then my nephew in kempton park to access my Server on my side. Also to learn.