HighWLAN

cwest on 2002-06-21T15:51:48

I'm driving down to YAPC in a caravan (not a van, a bunch of cars) with freeside, lenzo, dha, Schwern and possibly others. I had an idea to get a wireless network up and running between our cars. Since then, I've been buying equipment and getting together tests to see if it would work. I think it will work just fine. Here is what I have so far:

* 350 watt (180 watts from cig lighter) DC to AC power inverter. * Kyocera QCP-3035 Cell Phone. * Serial data kit for Kyocera QCP-3035 Cell Phone. * Linksys wap11 Wireless Access Point. * HyperLink High Gain Omni-directional antenna. * Crossover Cable. * Laptop running windows (for the phone) with connection sharing enabled.

Here's the plan. Test 1: Run a web server or irc daemon or something on the gateway laptop (probably my windows machine... damn phone) and have everyone connect to it. Test 2: Connect the phone to the internet and have folks try and use the connection for surfing or ssh or something.

Sure, test 2 will be slow. Don't tell me that a working wireless network connected to the internet moving at 70mph isn't really cool.

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Awesome idea

ajtaylor on 2002-06-21T17:28:22

All I can say is: this is the coolest idea I've heard in a long time! It takes walkie-talkies to a whole new level. :-) I hope it works, and I'd love to hear your results. I'll be at YAPC myself, so maybe this is fodder for a lightening talk or BOF? What a cool idea...

HighWLan

dws on 2002-06-21T19:53:03

Inverted War Driving. Cool.

I can see it now

hfb on 2002-06-21T19:56:01

truckers trading in their CB radios for laptops, GPS, cellphones and WAP :) You're about to find out just how incredibly sucky cellular access is outside of urban areas :) In cellular terms, the US is pretty 3rd world and this exercise would work far better in Europe, Africa or South America...good luck :)

Good luck!

jdavidb on 2002-06-24T05:19:49

If this works, I am moving to your area before next year's YAPC!