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Re: Greetings from Hatfield :)
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: Greetings from Hatfield :)
- From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 14:16:14 -0000
- Mailing-list: list ukha_d@xxxxxxx; contact
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- Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "James Hoye" <james.hoye@s...>
wrote:
> > Rats...
> >
> > do any of the UKHA IRC servers not require an IDent? looks like
you
> > can't get anything back into a Wifi Hotspot...
>
> Following on, Ian has wandered round the conference areas and has
determined
> that "you can, standing on one leg, with your lappy above your
head, in a
> one mm square area of the main room, get a wifi connection... as
long as you
> dont breathe" [before his access ran out]
>
> "but certainly.. considering the function rooms are at the very
fringe
> without an antenna."
>
> "adding even a fairly low gain omni or a little panel antenna
would
do the
> trick nicely ;)"
>
> So the logical conclusion is... can anyone oblige with some form of
antenna?
> Looks like we could have a share of 512K ADSL over WiFi for the
duration.
It's a double bugger cos Multithread are lending me a Wireless Mesh
node and a sexy "Lite" linitx box - but they haven't got here
yet,
and it doesn't look like they will arrive in time now...
Patrick
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