Goodwood Area

[bobdihi]

Hi there
Anybody around Goodwood area??

[andrefourie]

trry eben his in goodwood

[Eben]

thanx andre, yes i'm in goodwood see u've connected to the wug bit earlier pm me, mufasa or savagedavid if ud like to join the wug and we'll give u an ip range. PS just received one mother of a sector antenna from savagedavid which will be installed on the plattekloof highsite tomorrow

[Rellik]

Hi all
New to all this. Looking around for antennas. i have a netgear ap.
In Glenwood in Goodwood.

[savagedavid]

First get yourself an AP that can connect to us e.g. Linksys or Asus. The netgear does not support connection to different hardware as a bridge

[Mike Simpson]

My brother is at a block of flats central Plumstead (iburst base station) - they have a 5Ghz Backhaul to Goodwood --- what if I could place equipment there and connect to wug-gwd (EBEN?) - I have big 2.4 and 5.8G 20dB Panels and provided goodwood side has an AP pointing this way... could be pretty cool? Thoughts. Mike.

[Eben]

yeah sounds like an great idea

[rendered]

Hi all
New to all this. Looking around for antennas. i have a netgear ap.
In Glenwood in Goodwood.

Ahhh...so it seems as everybody has to start from the bottom not only me ;P LOL...deep down we all n00bs...WELCOME TO CTWUG Rellik!

[TheFox]

digging down memory lane?

[Rellik]

Check the date: Fri Feb 24 2006, 02:19AM

Werent you still in primary school then rendered?

[Rellik]

Rendered , have u looked at this thread on MYADSL? The humble beginnings of CTWUG, where even Mufasa was a noob :P

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=15835&page=8

[nOs]

Look at the dump q's I asked at the beginning, but let me tell you guys one thing, knowledge comes with q's, dump or good, by keeping quiet you will never get the answers you want.

http://www.ctwug.za.net/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?1837.0#post_1840
http://www.ctwug.za.net/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?1723.0#post_1809
http://www.ctwug.za.net/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?1865.post

[Johnny]

It is everyone's right to ask 'dumb' questions. Everyone doesn't know everything, so we must help each other where we can

[Blue-Sky]

There is no such thing as a dumb question…

Just a dumb answer…

[TAZZ69ER]

hi evryone....wud it help if i have an iburst desktop modem with wifi?

[Stolla]

hi evryone....wud it help if i have an iburst desktop modem with wifi?


hehe, not really, unless you want to VPN into the network

[Johnny]

The chance of that modem being able to pick up our network and connect is VERY small, unless you can connect an external antenna to it and then it should also be working in the 5.8Ghz band, as most of our kit is 5.8 and not 2.4. In the end it's just easier to buy an rb and antenna and put that up

[TAZZ69ER]

OK I DO HAV AN OMNI....WUD THAT HELP IF NOT....CUD U PLS GIVE ME A LIST OF HARDWARE THAT I NEED....BUDGET NOT TO GOOD HEY

[dade]

OK I DO HAV AN OMNI....WUD THAT HELP IF NOT....CUD U PLS GIVE ME A LIST OF HARDWARE THAT I NEED....BUDGET NOT TO GOOD HEY


hey TAZZ69ER,
If you want to buy only once you should buy a Mikrotik Routerboard, CM9 Radio, and 5.8Ghz antenna and then the other stuff like connectors, pig tail, enclosure, brackets, pole etc. the whole kit will probably cost you about R1400. ONLY BUY THE KIT IF YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT! Don't spend too much money on 2.4Ghz antennas and routers I can promise you eventually you will buy a Mikrotik based kit (this has been proven more then once).

hope this helps.

[TAZZ69ER]

thanx JOHANNES. so all i do is go to the guys at scoop and ask them for this kit?

[TAZZ69ER]

whts the cm9 radio for ? shouldn't the antenna be sufficient?

[TheFox]

what would the antenna connect to?

The Radio aka CM9 is what handles the signal from the antennae and converts it into binary for the routerboard

Imagine it as a pci wifi card, or lan card.

[WireIce]

hardware setup to get connected

ANT-G527 - 27dBi Grid 5.8GHz
RB-133C RouterBOARD 133c, 1 Ethernet, 1 miniPCI
CM9 CM9 - Atheros 802.11a/b/g mPCI
UFL-NTF UFL-NTF - Ntype B/Head To UFL 200m
WL-NM-0.6 WL-NM-0.6 - Ntype Male To Ntype Male 0.6m
SL-ENCL IP65 Enclosure
POE POE - Power over Ethernet
SENPS-2 18V Power Supply 3 Pin

www.scoop.co.za

[TAZZ69ER]

ok i did the research but which routerboard is recommended? i see a whole bunch of them

[TAZZ69ER]

thanx WIREICE

[TAZZ69ER]

MUCH MUCH APPRECIATED WIREICE.........WILL GO AND GET THOSE GOODYS ASAP........U GONA COME HELP ME SET IT UP? LOL.....IF I GET STUCK YA

[Johnny]

I would recommend rather buying the RB411 instead of the RB133c, as the 411 is more powerfull for the same price

[dade]

I would recommend rather buying the RB411 instead of the RB133c, as the 411 is more powerfull for the same price


Agreed.