[Noisebridge-discuss] Re: network changes at 83c

jim jim at well.com
Mon Dec 8 16:47:33 UTC 2008


i'd like to help out with the network cabling 
and other related network stuff. 
jim 

On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 16:19 -0800, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 04:06:51PM -0800, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> > In the spirit of doit-ocracy...
> > 
> > I've hooked the Speakeasy DSL directly to a WRT54G, which I believe
> > somebody flashed with OpenWRT firmware.  It's not quite working yet, but
> > expect to have a functional backup wifi network "soon".
> 
> JSharp did a bunch of work (thanks J!) and now we have two separate
> networks.
> 
> The "noisebridge" wifi on channel 11 uses the Ruckus AP and is bridged
> to the 83c wired network.  You can control the Jukebox and so on.  It
> uplinks to the Internet through the Soekris and the Comcast cable
> service.
> 
> The "noisebridge-dsl" wifi on channel 3 uses a bog-standard WRT54G with
> Linksys firmware connected directly to the Speakeasy DSL modem.  This is
> about as simple as it gets, so it should be fairly reliable.
> 
> Feedback appreciated as people use these.
> 
> I've also updated the password list.  (Ask a sysadmin-type person around
> the space if you need the password list and don't know where it's kept.)
> 
> Finally, anybody interested in helping with ripping out all the old
> twisted pair and installing all new circuits terminating in the upstairs
> closet?  We have an offer of a donated spool of cable, and we have one
> punchdown tool at 83c.  We still need
> 
>  - more punchdown tools
>  - cable clips
>  - termination boxes (or whatever you call the box that I plug my
>    desktop into that has cat5 coming out one side and RJ45 on the other)
>  - a cat5 patch panel (16 ports is enough, 24 would be awesome)
>  - somebody with experience doing small installs to remind us of what
>    we're forgetting
> 
> If anyone can help out with this, let me know.
> 
> -andy
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