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<0> i have a wireless router that i can't boost the power on, but i need a bit more range
<0> what kind of antenna modifications are decent?
<0> it's about 15 feet of range too short (there's nothing in the way except drywall and light wiring)
<1> cantenna?
<0> i thought those ****ed for omnidirectional applications
<1> Oh, omnidirectional. Yeah, that would ****.
<0> what if i just get a taller antenna? i'm really just wondering how much more range that would give me
<2> buy a higher gain antenna
<2> 1dB will get you the extra 15 feet
<0> you can do that?
<3> I just upgraded to the 2.6.17 kernel and I'm getting this error at boot:
<3> "kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,4)"
<2> yeah
<0> how does that work, just different construction materials?
<0> i figured more gain needed more transmitter power
<2> http://www.marcspages.co.uk/tech/antgain.htm
<4> resfilter what kind of setup do you have now
<4> im moving and can sell my setup
<1> Elohimus, you forgot to compile in support for your fs.
<3> Dylan: No I didn't.
<3> I ***ure you.
<1> Then something is broken in your lilo.conf.
<0> justinz: peice of **** trendnet .11g router i got for free
<4> i mean antenna wise
<0> just the stock peice of **** on the router
<3> I am actually reading that it could be the wrong init.
<4> but i have my linksys running at 256 mW
<1> Scroll up at boot and see if your hard disk(s) are detected.
<4> not a great signal but havent had much packet loss
<4> i mean noise wise its bad if you are close
<4> but i have it that way because thick walls
<0> i dont care much about packet loss, i just need to cover the entire span of my house
<0> my pc is wired, but we have 2 laptops with no external antennas
<4> hmmm
<0> i'm gonna try a bigger antenna like mogi says, i don't want to invest much more cash
<4> you definitely need a bigger antenna
<0> i have to learn more about wireless sooner or later, but i don't have much time anymore
<0> what's the highest gain antenna you can get without making it yourself?
<0> i'm seeing 8db+ antennas, what's the downside of using them?
<4> they have more range
<4> get a 24db
<4> :)
<0> yeah but why don't routers all come with high gain antennas? what is the downside?
<1> costs more to make, I guess
<4> resfilter: yeah because the price would go up a fair amount
<0> do they cut out at short range or anything?
<4> no
<0> awesome
<0> i'll get a huge mother****er then
<4> :)
<4> i have one ontop of my house
<4> i may have pictures
<0> can you sketch them together from household materials?
<4> maybe
<0> i've seen all sorts of homemade directional antennas
<0> but never the omni type
<4> google it
<4> im sure people do it
<4> pvc
<0> http://www.wlan.org.uk/ka3sdp-installs-alfordslot-antenna.jpg hah
<0> ok this will be fun
<4> im trying to find a picture for you
<0> i have a huge nonfunctional antenna mast outside my house already
<0> i should mount something on there
<4> nice :)
<3> Dylan: I believe it had something to do with not moving the system map over.
<5> i'm using windows vmware 5.5 and i'm trying to partition my virtual machine for slackware, cfdisk /dev/hda can not find disk size, error and it exits.. how do i get this vmware drive partitioned ?
<2> odds are vmware is emulating a scsi drive
<2> hda is the wrong device node
<6> how can i say if someone is nice to you?
<6> like he comes forward to your demands
<4> he is nice
<4> he is a masochist
<5> cfdisk /dev/sda fatal error: can not open device
<4> just shoot yourself
<5> for the glory of BOB sure, but doesn't help me run his os
<7> 24/names
<7> er
<8> Easy all, any chance anyone knows how to get imap running so I can login to horde, my server went down an Im just bringing it back up and am a bit in the dark on thisd
<9> Guest_815, umm
<9> type: /etc/init.d/imap start
<10> dig is the ****
<10> digg
<11> ive got a problem, in /etc i dont have a security directory. i think im supposed to :\
<12> eh?
<12> '\' is an escape character, not a directory delimiter
<2> well, if you think you are supposed to, make one
<6> evening
<13> or morning, depending on your longitude
<6> hehe :)
<6> indeed
<13> Wish it was evening though. That would mean I could be home drinking a beer instead of sitting at work.
<14> far_call, hmm, drinking.. GOOD!
<13> infoslack: shut up
<14> whut?
<6> heh
<6> man, i'm sitting at home for like a 9 months
<6> i'm wondering when i get bored :)
<15> Any of you happen to be dual booting NetBSD and Slackware?
<2> dual booting is a waste
<2> you will hardly ever boot to the other OS
<15> I know, it's just for experimenting.
<2> better off using VMWare Server (free)
<13> That's not always true; I find it useful on my laptop for when I want to play games
<13> But I vastly prefer using linux to get things done with it.
<2> far_call: you play games on NetBSD?
<15> Haha.
<13> No, but your statement was more general than that.
<15> I haven't tried VMWare Server, but KQemu is far too slow to run NetBSD at a usable speed, so I expect it wouldn't be much better.
<15> I'm on a slow-ish machine here.
<13> VMware doesn't actually emulate most of the hardware so it ends up pretty fast.
<13> Oh, nevermind; looks like QEMU is purported to do the same thing.
<2> yeah, except VMWare has been doing it for many more years :)
<15> True, but can VMWare boot right from /dev/hda ?
<13> At least if you use the accelerator module... which wasn't actually stated.
<13> Yes.
<15> Hm.
<15> Well, does the GRUB in extra/ need anything additional to read NetBSD partitions?
<12> just chainload
<12> install the netbsd boot manager thinger on it's own partition
<15> Ah.. crap. I think I skipped that bit.
<15> Thanks.
<2> why would anyone want NetBSD anyway?
<15> Experimenting.
<15> Learning, etc.
<15> I have an entire summer vacation to piss away, might as well learn something.
<12> try solaris
<15> jeenam: correct me if i'm wrong, but Solaris needs about 256mb ram to run, correct?
<15> or were those requirements on the page ***uming a GUI and all the extra features?
<10> no.
<10> i have a solaris at home running on like 64
<15> Latest version?
<10> huh no
<15> Well, reasonably recent?
<10> nerp
<10> like few yrs old
<10> like
<15> ech.
<10> solaris desktop 2.6 or something
<10> and its running CDE
<12> you don't need a gui
<12> run it in vmware
<15> I want native installation, thanks
<12> i've got 2 solaris machines here with a serial port for an interface
<15> 300mhz processor and 128mb ram doesn't do virtualization too well.
<12> DylanB: why native, won't make much differences
<12> difference
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