Network Planning Sand Box

These pages are designed to list projects being planned, underway or just being thought about. They detail resources that maybe required to complete them.

If you wish to be involved in these projects, participate in the planning or donate equipment or time to help get a projects underway contact committee.

If you are planning or working on a project, this is also a great place to start, as most projects can't be completed without other people involved.

Eg: For a dedicated backbone from another site, that site may not be able to expand to support it, without first having some help also eg: equipment like antennas, radios or just time.

Not all project are listed below please feel free to add your project or update any changes.


Go West

Go WestWith the network growing rapidly to the North and soon the South we are starting to see the West beginning to blossom with activity. The West is one of the hardest areas in Adelaide to establish a wireless network but when people work together it is amazing what only a few people can achieve if they work together.

If you have a roof with views in the Western Suburbs and haven’t yet thought of joining the wireless community movement now has never been a better time…


Grange Sailing Club

Information

Installation is being planned for the future.

Line of Sight


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Image taken: 3-12-2005

This panorama includes from left (north) to right (south):
Grange Jetty
Grange Road and Seaview Road
Central Bussiness District (in the distance)
Mount Lofty (in the distance)
Appartments next door
Henley Beach front

Satelite Image


34°54'28.42"S 138°29'25.76"E

Site Survey

Survey was done with a 200mw Senao PCMCIA card with a short pigtail and a 19db pacmon.

Survey shows links to Seaton, Glen Osmand and Skye are possible.
Grange did not show up during the survey.

20051203173342_gsc_19db_pacmon_v.ns1 In vertical.
20051203173342_gsc_19db_pacmon_h.ns1 In horizontal.

Survey done: 3-12-2005


Heading South

Heading South

Plans are now underway to expand coverage in the South beginning 2009 and your help is needed. Air-Stream Wireless is now the largest community wireless network in Australia and covers hundreds of square kilometers from North to South. Consequently, with the success of the 2008 Go West Plan mostly complete, the Network Planning Committee (NPC) are turning their attention to the South for 2009.

The NPC have begun by working with the South Coast Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) to help interconnect Two-Way radio repeaters and packet radio systems into the Air-Stream Network to use systems like IRLP and the Echolink Amateur Radio Network.

There are three main sites currently targeted for work, the first O'Halloran Hill which will have a major upgrade. Hackham West (SCARC Club House) and Mt Terrible (SCARC Repeater). Also there will be a number of other sites of SCARC members yet to be site surveyed and other links into the SouthernWifi network yet to be agreed and planned.

Nevertheless, the Air-Stream Wireless network would not have the size and coverage it has today without members, and for this new plan to be successful we also need membership and others to participate meaningfully. Please contact the committee to find out how you can help, even one extra person can make a real difference.

Members may view in detail and add potential nodes for the South through the members node database and mapping system..

Kingston Park

Site Located at Kingston Park

25db Backbone to Glenelg AP

Serving Clients via a 8db Superpass (vertical polarisation)

Tested OK from brighton beach ~4km
300k/s 7db magmount with senao 100 leeching off of the omni.

Current Setup the 25db is only reaching the very edge of the WG as it is pointing due east, and Kingston Park is directly south.
only getting a max of about 50k/s each way.

With glenelg upgrade soon this should increase bandwith.


Largs Bay

My 1st attempt at a communal wireless connection has / is up and working.

I have hooked up my father and a mate to my home network and the Internet
All via two (2) WAP54G's to my WRT54G.

My mates WAP54g is sitting on his computer desk in his house.

My WRT54G is mounted into a weather-proof box mounted to the inside side of the houses chimney facing the roof. (not inside the chimney). Having it set on diversity I have two (2) six foot (6')N -RPTNC LMR400 cables going to:-
a. home made Cantenna
b. 19dbi Conifer.

My fathers WAP54G is mounted inside his roof space in the same weather -proof box as mine is with a ten foot (10') N -RPTNC LMR400 cable. Connecting him to a 9dbi Omni.

Both weather-proof boxes have been equiped with PoE units from Linksys (PoE 12's)

I hope to add some pictures shortly, as it doesnt sound as good with out them.


Northfield

Current Site Status:
Partly Operational

Work Scheduled:
Aprill 2006

Project Details:

  • A new 802.11a dedicated backbone for Elizabeth Tower
  • A new 802.11a dedicated backbone for Vally View
  • A new 802.11a dedicated backbone for Ottoway
  • Install new 802.11b for main AP

People scheduled:

  • Robert
  • Paul
  • Arno
  • Troy
  • Chris
  • Didz

Equipment required:

  • 2 x New Wrap 2 with POE
  • 3 x 5Ghz Dipoles
  • 1 x 5ghz stumble rig
  • Tools

Dependencies:

  • Ticketed Climber - Paul

Ottoway

Current Site Status:
Site currently down

Work Scheduled:
September 2006

Project Details:

  • 802.11a dedicated backbone to Pasadena
  • 802.11a dedicated backbone to Northfield
  • 802.11b dedicated backbone to Ridleyton
  • 802.11b high power Access Point

People scheduled:

  • Ben Burrows
  • Brian
  • Robert
  • Chris
  • Didz

Equipment required:

  • Security Monitoring System
  • 3 x CM9 and 1 x SR2
  • 2 x 5.8Ghz Antenna or dipole

Dependencies:

  • ?

SAPUG

Current Site Status:
Site currently down

Work Scheduled:
May 2006

Project Details:

  • 802.11b dedicated backbone to Carrick Hill
  • 802.11b Access Point

People scheduled:

  • Steve
  • Troy
  • Robert

Equipment required:

  • Security Monitoring System
  • 2 x ethernet APs

Dependencies:

  • ?