Newbie, but wanting to take on an adventurous project.

[Sheldon T. Hall]

 Chris Flugstad writes ...

> And yes she'll,  this is chris flugstad of the wireless 
> marina networks.  If you can point that dish at shilshole, we 
> could tie you in there.  But if you can.see the westin, we 
> can get you on a much faster link as well as give you public ip's.
> 
> I think you are the guy who raised the blue tarp flag.  Am I right?

Yep.

Thanks for the offer of the wireless links.  I expect the Shilshole link
would have the same problem it had the day we tried it, a couple of years
ago.  Neither of us is high enough off the water for the link to be clear of
the bigger ships.  The interruptions when they pass hose up VPN connections.

I'm still trying to spot the Westin through the haze and the trees, but I
don't see anything that yells "I'm the Westin" to me.  Our view of downtown
is slowly disappearing as the trees grow.

Back when I could only get ISDN, and it cost $300/mo, I really wanted to do
something like this, to have a Seattle-side wireless partner who could
connect me to the Internet.  Now, however, I have a good, fast DSL
connection with a static IP, so the complication of a long-haul wireless
link is tough to justify.

BTW, and FWIW, my son's IBM laptop will pick up your signal from Shilshole
without an external antenna or anything.  It almost always works from the
main floor of the house, and occasionally from the bar down in the basement.
My Fujitsu laptop doesn't see it at all.

-Shel