[MLUG] Re: members Digest, Vol 21, Issue 16

[Matthew Schmidt <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Hi Folks, 

Some responses to your posts:

> I can't help but respond to this one...  Signal is good enough that you
> are willing to ditch hardline :) AWESOME...  

Well, it's good enough to try and save $45 a month. When oh when will
Columbia get cheap broadband?

> What sites did you use for your research on the Pringles can antenna?

Here's a couple. They'll point you in the right direction.
http://www.binarywolf.com/249/pringles.htm
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/cantennahowto.html

FYI--I'm thinking of ditching the Pringles can and going for the uber
high tech coffee can.

> will the
> pc be in the weather?

Nope, the PC will be inside. Just the antenna outside.

> ...It would certainly prevent network theft!!!!

I doubt it.

> The general concensus is that a
> professional sort of outfit wouldn't want to do anything that could
> remotely be construed as hacking.

Come on. There's nothing to hack! Walk around your neighborhood with a
wireless laptop and you're a hacker? Yeah right. Where did the hacker
culture go?

> I have been thinking of doing this.  You know it is not hacking if you just
> make a connection (via something like net stumbler) and then disconnect.
> This has been proven on TSS (The Screen Savers).

Do it. Have a blast. It's fun!

Maybe we could have a DIY cantenna build-a-thon and all go wardriving ;-D

And yes, Christian, I did say "hella" in my previous post. It's hella
cool to say hella. I'm hella out of here.

Hella Matt
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