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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I'm wondering if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">these things have been done already that TCWUG could</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">potentially use.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">AP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">mapp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ing software</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">omething</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> simple and not based on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">a GPS</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">longitude</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> and latitude</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">coordinates</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to map the location</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> It would be nice to setup</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> the Loring park</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">gateway with a web</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">site</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">that could provide the information to park visitors</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A way to distribute</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">P configuration settings</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> via internet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Something to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">deliver dhcp</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">d</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">web</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">caching, firewall,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">captive portal</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, VPN</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> settings</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> to TCWUG AP's.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">3. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Use g</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">uidelines for 802.11 channels. Channel 11 for business oriented</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> use</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">, channel 6 for public and 1 for personal?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I do not think this is a bad idea</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">probably futile</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> but it</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">might</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> be nice to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">make some kind of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">coordination</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> effort</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">4. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">good</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">location</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">AP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">configuration</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">documentation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">something about various distributions and captive portals. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I know you can find the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">stuff</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">on various sites</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">but</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I have not found</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">site with</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the Holy Grail</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> of AP documentation</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Also:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Would it help to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">work on some TCWUG OS, captive portals, web caching,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">VPN,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">h</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ardware,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">antenna</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">recommendations</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Maybe we can get a sound off on what projects people are working on and if TCWUG</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">can help.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> there are projects p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">e</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ople would like to see done</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> I know I</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">d like to setup some</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">open</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">AP</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">s by the light rail</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> stations that are</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> coming.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I've been working on a hardware collection for TCWUG.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Currently, I have 5</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Pentium</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">10</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">boxes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">and 1 Athlon 1100 box</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">that are available</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">TCWUG projects</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Maybe we can</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">create a TCWUG inventory page on</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">the web site</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Andrew</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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