<div><div>Me think tis time for a new thread on this issue.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">><br>> If you could pic up the uni wireless net from there, and you guys gave
<br>> me the mac address, we could leech that I suppose. I mean I'm a student<br>> there, so I suppose it would be fine.<br>></blockquote><div> </div>My experience is that the flats above shops on Stafford St can leech
the signal if equipment is placed at the front window and pointed
directly toward the Harrison Learning Centre. The Uni network uses
360degree antennae which give a weaker signal and anyway contention
rates can cause downtime. Not ideal I'm afraid.<br><div><br>Oh and also, don't forget the strict terms of usage the uni adopt. I would hate to see your right to roam jeapordised by powers that be.... </div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Don't let Max know :-) or the bearded wonder (sorry, he made such an<br>impression on me with his bullying tactics I forget his name). I<br>refer to the big bear of a bloke with the Eastern European sounding<br>surname. Steve something?
<br></blockquote></div><br>**cough** is that a subtle way of suggesting I am throwing weight before tact? I apologise if so, just trying to get my way is all ;)<br><br>
Are there no luggers or "listmates" who either work at Uni or some other City Centre office that could be coerced into helping out on this? If anyone happens to have a mate who works in the Mander Tower, we would be laughing as I could simpy arrange a relay from any given point this side of brum :D
<br><br>Before anyone asks, my guestimate on cost would be around £500. I would suggest using Soekris boards as they can be mounted easily to an external antennae mast and therefore signal quality greatly improved.... We would need three decent wifi cards and if soekris used, a couple of memory cards for a read-only BSD install.
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