Category Archives: Wireless

Asus 500g and DD-WRT

I’ve been a big fan of the $9.99 special wireless routers for a while, but I’ve started having problems recently. I’m not sure if it’s because everybody in the neighborhood is buying fios and all the lame actiontek routers are … Continue reading

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Free Internet Access in South Riding, VA

Ok, I’ve been meaning to post on this before, but free community wireless Internet Access is up in my area of South Riding.

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Free internet access for South Riding

Well, I did a test with a neighbor who’s only two houses away from me, and that works ok, so I’ll be hooking them up as soon as I get a PCI/ISA to PCMCIA convertor.

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WAP Online

Ok, today I got the DHCP server running properly, so all people have to do is be close enough and they’re online to the internet. Tomorrow I’ll start introducing my neighbors to the concept. And I should point out that … Continue reading

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WAP online (WAP off?)

Ok, the WAP is basically configured. I walked around my block and found that basically everywhere within a block of me had some sort of access. I’m sure that external antennas would make some sort of difference, but that’ll just … Continue reading

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Got the equipment today…

Free wireless internet will (with a little bit of luck) start tomorrow evening in South Riding.

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Wireless access cards

Since I didn’t know anything about the different manufacturers of cards and how well they work, I posted my question on NovaWireless. Answers below.

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Wireless, baby…

Alright kids, wireless internet is coming to South Riding. I’ve just ordered my LinkSys WAP11, and it should be here in about a week.

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