Why not more nodes

[Patrick Walters]

I'll chime in on this one. When I originally joined the list and started
poking around I figured all I would need to do is buy a $100 antenna,
find a place outside for it, wire it to my existing access point with
some quality COAX and I'd be up. I figured it would be easy and cheap.

It may be easy and cheap, but the instructions on the site call for
spending a couple of hundred dollars to get everything up and running.

It is possible to do more with less? By that I mean if there were more
nodes albeit with cheaper more commodity hardware could the same goals
be achieved or is the higher end custom access point hardware required?

If the higher end hardware isn't a must-have, I'd love to see step by
step instructions in plain English on how to use commodity hardware like
a Linksys access point to get up and going.

Anyway, maybe all this is there but I'm not readily able get the
information from the site.

Also, the Node Map seems to show a lot of nodes, but when I turn off the
'potential nodes' most nodes disappear.  Are potential nodes in-progress
or just purely theoretical nodes? It would be good to have 'Needed
Nodes' to show where adding a node could greatly enhance the network.

-patrick 



-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net
[mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Jason Feeser
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 00:49
To: dennis at galron.com; 'SeattleWireless Talk List'
Subject: RE: Politics

So, why haven't more people put up seattlewireless nodes???

Large scale public mesh is what we want... right???

Are we waiting for 'N' to land???  Will 'N' solve current limitations???

Can we have a self-configuring household mesh appliance that people
would be
happy to pay $100-$200 for in order to get "free" internet???

Or are most people here (industry professionals aside) just pointing
antennas down the street in order to save $50.00/month???

I would love a free network from West Seattle to the UW to get at my
free
internet.  But for now, Comcast it is.

Jason

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