The 8th Personal Telco - Play Day
When: Saturday, June 4th, 2005 12 to 4 PM
Coordinator: TomHiggins
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Where: Urban Grind Coffee
Where's That: 2214 NE Oregon, Portland, OR 97232
This PlayDay will help users learn how to hook up with and use our nodes as well as get some hands on time with some of the new stuff that is cooking on the PTPnet.
Presentations
PTP101 - TomHiggins
- How to Find PTP nodes
- How to Connect to the PTP nodes
- How to Use the Services Offered on a PTP node
- Where to go for more information
- PTP102 - Matthew West
- What is a site survey
- How to read a site survey
- Site survey tools and how to use them
- How to create a site survey map and post it
- Advanced site surveying tools
- More to think about
- PTP103? - Rick Lindahl
Bringing new wireless toys to show & tell.
- Including: antennas, cabling, pigtail adaptors, a wide variety of client and Access radios, etc.
Also on display will be the BelAir BA-200 multi-radio, meshing node and a 5GHz carrier-grade point-to-point link
- Including: antennas, cabling, pigtail adaptors, a wide variety of client and Access radios, etc.
- How to know what to get?
Radio types: Information on 802.11a/b/g/n, WiFi, WiMAX, proprietary protocal radios. Antenna types: Directional vs. Omnidirectional vs. Sectorized - The facts involved in the decision. Pigtails and Cables types: Determining connector types, cables losses and types. Amplifiers: When to use and what type. Coverage area: Indoor and Outdoor; what to expect and how to make your own Path Calculation. Security: When do you need it and how to set it up.
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Bring your laptops and wireless gear. Hands on learning is often the best way to hammer home the learning.
Folks Show Interesting Stuff
DAAP, Itunes, ZeroConf and Rendevouz/Bonjour - TomHiggins