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What is wireless?
Do you provide internet access?
What sort of speeds can I expect across the network?
What IP Address do I use?
Static routes - Accessing the entire wireless network
How can I add or edit my content?
OK, Ive finished my content item and I want it published!! How do I do this?
What can I do?
What is wireless?
What is wireless you say? Well, a bit more about 802.11 wireless networking
Community Wireless Networks are built using 802.11-based technologies.
802.11 based equipment operates using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
operating in the 2.4 GHz ISM band. This means that users do not need a
licence to own or operate the equipment. These devices fall under a
class licence and are allowed a maximum output power of 4 Watts EIRP.
The network operates within the non-commercial exemption to the
Telecommunications Act of 1997. The exemption allows operation of the
network providing no one receives any reward for provision of a network
segment, that there is no gurantee of service for the network segment,
and that there is no ABN/Business involved. More information about the use and legailities can be
found at the ACMA (Australian Communications & Media Authority) website.
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Do you provide internet access?
While some members may openly share internet over this network it is currently not finiancially viable for Bathurst Wireless
to provide internet access, though this may change
sometime in the future. However this does not stop people from sharing
broadband internet via VPN's (Virtual Private Networks) or allowing the whole network access.
Please visit the ACMA
(Australian Communications & Media Authority) website for
information and legal restrictions regarding sharing internet access
over wireless technologies. Bathurst Wireless does not endorse or charge for internet access, internet access is at your own risk, Bathurst Wireless is not responsible for internet content accessed via this network.
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What sort of speeds could I expect across the network?
Network speeds will vary and be dependant on a number of factors. Such
factors may include current network utilization/traffic, source node
location etc. Real world speeds could vary between 50KB/sec and
600KB/sec, which is between 10~100x quicker than 56k. Some links achieve constant 3000KB/sec. Bathurst Wireless is not obliged to offer any determined speeds, members often increase speeds via antenna and setup optimisation and connection making with other members. As Bathurst Wireless is a community network, the more effort you put in, the more benefits you will get, including possible faster speeds.
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What IP Address do I use?
Each AP or 'Base Node' will have a total of 30 usable IP addresses.
The first IP address will be the router IP or client gateway address.
The next 4 IP addresses will be for AP Units.
The next 8 will be for Static Services and servers.
The remaining 17 IP Addresses will be used for Client DHCP use.
Therefor each AP or base node will have a client usable range of 17
IP Addresses being assigned by dhcp, being the last 17 in the subnet
range. If you require a
static ip you will need to contact us
to have this organised for you. Static IP addresses will coincide
in the client range and will be assigned dynamically via dhcp.
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Static routes - Accessing the entire wireless network
Each
access point is utilising a /27 network. This means that
when you are connecting to the AP you will be assigned an ip in from a
range of 32 IP addresses using the subnet mask
255.255.255.224. Due to this, if you are using a multi-homed
setup or multiple gateways (one for internet and one for wireless)
which commonly have the default gateway headed for the internet, then
when you try and access other nodes or AP's in a different IP range then
often it will fail as the packets will go out the internet
instead. To get around this then
you will need to also enter a static route on your main gateway or
computer pointing to the wireless ap. Eg
Windows
route add 10.192.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.192.X.X #(Wireless gateway or AP/Router IP)
*nix
route add -net 10.192.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw 10.192.X.X #(Wireless gateway or AP/Router IP)
This will direct all traffic destined for the wireless (Anything in the 10.192.X.X range) out the correct interface.
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How can I add or edit my content?
To add or edit your own content you need to have the 'author' privilege. Please contact us
with your login name requesting the privilege to be added and an admin
will action the request for you. We look forward to seeing your
articles.
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OK, Ive finished my content item and I want it published!! How do I do this?
So your happy and dont want to edit any more, you want the world to see your guide or article. Contact us
and one of our admins will review the content and publish it for
you. I cant wait to read your stories, guides, and anything else
that you have to offer.
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What can I do?
If you are interested in becoming part of the project either as an AP or simply as a node, or in any other capacity please register and enter irc for a chat, or simply contact us
for more information. If you already have a public AP that you
would like to have added on the 'Local Map' send the fractional
Latitude, Longitude and the point will be added. We look forward
to new people, ideas, events and the future growth of this community
project.
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