Re: [PLUG] Wireless network - Swarthmore

[Chris "Magnus" Hedemark <chrish@trilug.org>]

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On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 01:07 PM, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:

> > and then some other tall structure next to it
> > with a flag flying from the top of it.
>
> That's Parrish. If you can see the dome and maybe some windows, you
> can see habitable, powered, easy-access (with permission, of course)
> space. And a site there could (again, with permission) tie into
> Swarthmore College's internal network.

Yes, I can see that.   When I see you I'll show you the pics to confirm.

> I'll have to look at the photos. But my roof communicates with
> those closer to the corner, and I know the owners of the buildings
> as far west as Renato Pizza.

I think you could go further still up to the pharmacy in one shot with 
an omni, no problem.  And from the pharmacy to the train station 
platform would likely not need an additional AP.

> I'm pretty shocked by that. Pleasantly, of course.

There are still good people out there.

Also, if the emergency services start making use of this at all, there 
would be positive political ramifications to hosting a repeater.

> Swarthmore College *owns* the top floor of that building...

Have any contacts that could facilitate getting nodes up at Parrish or 
One-Oh-One?

> Probably... unless Micheal's got in the way. (I can get to the train
> track cover, but maybe not the building itself.)

What if your POV were 20 feet above the roofline?
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