[D-Space] [dunlug] Dunedin Makerspace/Hackerspace - call for participation

[Alex King]

On 02/12/10 11:13, Blair McBride wrote:
> On 02/12/10 08:27, Alex King wrote:
>> WIC/Wicked have a scheme whereby if you pay them $500 up-front, they
>> will put in a wicked node (free ad-supported wireless access ap) with no
>> ongoing costs. All we supply is power and a place to put it. It does
>> need to have existing wic coverage, but I don't see why that would be a
>> problem.
>>
>> I'm willing to chip in part of the $500 if that's seen as a good way 
>> to go.
>
> Me too. Can't live without a net connection.
>
> I assume the ads are inserted via a http proxy, so does that AP limit 
> the type of connections that can be made? I'm thinking of the likes of 
> IRC, SSH, VPNs, etc. That would severely limit the usefulness for some 
> of us.
>
> - Blair
I don't know the answer to that, but I share your concern about "can we 
do ssh from it".  Also, the bandwidth will naturally be limited and I 
suspect it is shared with other wicked access points around town.

Is anyone here within range of one of the existing wicked APs and can 
test it?

Alex