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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>From my testing in Unisfa, I could pick up UCC-Public fine. The idea behind this is to provide access to UCC wireless only, in Unisfa.<div><br></div><div>[BG3]<br><br><div>> Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:08:36 +0800<br>> From: zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au<br>> To: bob_george33@hotmail.com<br>> CC: tech@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au<br>> Subject: Re: [tech] Wireless in UniSFA<br>> <br>> On Tue, 21 May 2013, Mitchell Pomery wrote:<br>> > I approached Unisfa during their committee meeting, and they as a club <br>> > are willing to pay for 50% of the gear to provide them with better <br>> > internet access. The plan is to put an access point in Unisfa where <br>> > DeepThought is plugged in, and using some magical VLANs, have deep <br>> > thought plugged into the access point.I am suggesting we use something <br>> > like this: <br>> > http://www.austin.net.au/networking/modem-routers/tp-link-300m-ultimate-wireless-n-gigabit-rout.html><br>> <br>> That seems reasonable, for $55. The only difference between this and the <br>> $100+ DIR-825 that we have in UCC is that the D-Link supports both 2.4 GHz <br>> and 5 GHz channels.<br>> <br>> Presumably we would have both the UCC and UCC-Public SSIDs available. It <br>> is worth noting that in UCC we actually have two access points already - <br>> coromandel (DIR-825) and clearwing, an older WRT54GL. The UCC and <br>> UCC-Public SSIDs are separated over these two APs respectively, which <br>> means they can both have the full bandwidth available on their own <br>> channels. This would not happen in UniSFA if both SSIDs are available from <br>> the new AP.<br>> <br>> I see OpenWRT have just released a new version which (of course) has a new <br>> way of configuring the network.<br>> <br>> David Adam<br>> UCC Wheel Member<br>> zanchey@<br></div></div> </div></body>
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