Victoria to Port Angeles Wireless Link Party

• When: July 3rd 2004

• Where: PortAngelesWashington and VictoriaBritishColumbia

• Who: Pacific Northwest Wireless Volunteers and friends

• Why: Establish a free 802.11a link from VictoriaBritishColumbia to PortAngelesWashington for fun.

Port Angeles

Possible Locations

• [http://www.portangelesinn.com/ Port Angeles Inn]

  • Latitude: 48.118518286954 (geocode estimate)
  • Longitude -123.43420050028 (geocode estimate)

• Salt Creek campground ( [http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapsurfer?infact=2&outfact=2&act=move&tlevel=-&tvar=-&tmeth=i&mlat=&mlon=&msym=bigdot&mlabel=&murl=&lat=48.1655769&lon=-123.7072144&wid=0.022&ht=0.009&conf=mapnew.con&map.x=275&map.y=157 Map] )

  • Latitude: 48.1663284
  • Longitude: -123.7041855
  • Plenty of camping, possible power (cant remember if there were RV hookups or not). LOS to vancouver island. Vehicle fee is ~$15. Camping available at edge of bluff.

Vancouver Island

Possible Locations

Issues

Technical

• Lets try to do 802.11b also, just in case the 802.11a stuff doesn't work out
• Power sources are questionable, need generators and UPS probably
• Need tested, pre-configured software and hardware
  • Configure routers with routes and IPs
  • Configure radio cards with proper channel assignments
  • Test end-to-end connectivity up close
• Network diagrams
  • Just some well documented diagrams so we know what the heck we're doing
• Communication between the two sites
  • amateur
    • Free

    • CaseyHalverson has a radio for the Washingtion side

  • cellular
    • International calls need to be made, can be expensive
    • Need a list of phone numbers in case of lost radio contact

Logistic

• Unavailibility among SWN people during this holiday (maybe another weekend in July)
• SWN and PTP people should plan to stay the night in this area
• Food, water, shelter, activities, socials, schedules, equipment, etc. details

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