<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">Hey All-</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">Thanks to Matthew Johnson for showing up today and showing off his Yagi + DDwrt Linksys router running a nice bridge bridging the "Caribou" Access Point. Yep -- we in the room had a much better signal then the other 10 laptop drones in the coffee shop. +12db gain antenna helps overwhelm the AP. >)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">The group (all two of us) decided that it's time that TCWUG starts doing stuff. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">"Let's do stuff" came out of the meeting, mostly.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">Stuff that was talked about and demoed:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- DDwrt router, eBay-able pringles can antenna from PVC, several element Yagi from Matthew Johnson.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Matthew Johnson's experience with FON and the FON network. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Matthew Genelin's experience setting up 5GHz point to point links for a local ISP.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">Stuff that we want to do:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Get more TCWUG members to buy the $30.00 FON accesspoint (or better yet, the $40.00 FON Access Point with LAN jack, now available.) <a href="http://www.fon.com/en/">http://www.fon.com/en/</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Get more TCWUG members to show-and-tell other networks, projects, inexpensive consumer equipment (like Meraki, cisco, whatever) during TCWUG meet-ups.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Do more outdoor stuff, including:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; "> . Talking with Osseo CTO this week (will email Tim Wilson off-list for a meeting.)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; "> . Setup and deploy event-based wifi network to give away, sell or whatever internet at big public events like the Minneapolis Aquatennial parade that was last week, July 4th fireworks, etc.) Members provide gear and know-how, prepare network during meetups.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; "> . Another meet-up in two weeks to get started on group projects. [ Group projects need to be accomplishable, not overly complicated, but "bigger" then one geek can do on his / his own. ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; "> . Start the planning process for wifi deployment from rooftops of tall buildings. [ See: Matthew Genelin wants to get started on a point-to-point network from Moos Tower, U of M. ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">- Next meeting in two weeks. Gotta find a spot with less consutrction and more people can come. Perhaps the old Dunn Bros at 3rd and 3rd might come back into play.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Courier; ">-matt</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></font></div><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div>-- <br>-----<br>Matthew Genelin<br>Fast Computer Service Co.<br>612-605-5382<br><br>2010 E. Hennepin Ave, Suite 8-122, Box 1<br>Minneapolis, MN 55413-2760<br><br>fastcomputerserviceco.com</div></div></div></div></div></span> </div><br></body></html>