[wirelesstoronto-discuss] Dundas-Square is down

[C. Alex de Freitas]

Hello Gabe and everyone.I think I failed to be a good geek for the second
time.
It certainly is a high intensity in the TO Tix office. The guys kept asking
me if i was done yet!

The modem at Dundas is definitely not connecting to the internet.
I tested the Rogers WiMax modem and that worked fine...so I connected that
to the existing openmesh router on the window....for some reason that didn't
work!
SO, I used the pico2 router we used at BIG on Bloor and connected that to
the WiMax modem - a completely parallel set up.
That worked but it was 6pm and they were locking up. As soon as I was out in
the square it stopped working again.

The original setup is all plugged in as normal - ie. the WirelessToronto
SSID is still being broadcast - but no internet connection.
There is also the SSID  WirelessTorontoBIG and that worked when i plugged it
in - but then stopped as soon as I was out :-(

Unfortunately I'm out of here until Tuesday, and I understand on Tues the
Roach Coach needs to go to Michele. So hopefully my cumbersome solution
works til then.

Gabe, what's the dashboard URL for the WirelessTorontoBIG network?

alex


On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Gabe Sawhney <gabe at pwd.ca> wrote:

> Woohoo!  Thanks!
>
> Plug the NS2 into the roach coach directly, and leave the Linksys plugged
> into the dsl modem.
>
> Gabe
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:58 PM, C. Alex de Freitas <
> colindefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok then. New plan is that I will rendezvous with Mo and get the roach
>> coach in there for the time being.
>> While I'm there with the roach coach I'll try plug directly into the
>> Linksys and see if that does anything differently.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Gabe Sawhney <gabe at pwd.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex --
>>> Yeah; the modem uses PPPoE, so plugging your computer straight into it
>>> won't work -- but plugging into the Linksys would.  It doesn't look like the
>>> Linksys made it online successfully, though (it would've checked in to the
>>> auth server).
>>>
>>> Maybe we could plug the roach coach in to get it back online for now?
>>> (Mo has it.)
>>>
>>> Gabe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 12:38 PM, C. Alex de Freitas <
>>> colindefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK.So I was just down at Yonge-Dundas utilising all geek skills I could
>>>> muster.
>>>> The Wi-Fi is still down :-(
>>>>
>>>> Here's a rundown:
>>>> From the outside the mesh seems to be going OK, you can connect to the
>>>> network....just not surf the web.
>>>> I tried a straight reset of everything but it still seemed to not work.
>>>> SO, I tried plugging straight into the modem, but still no connection.
>>>> So internet connection problem?
>>>>
>>>> The weird thing is. When I plugged my laptop directly into the modem no
>>>> connected lights would show on the modem.
>>>> When the modem is plugged into the Linksys router all the activity
>>>> lights start glaring again.
>>>>
>>>> The only thing i didn't try was plug directly into the Linksys router
>>>> rather than the modem to see if I could connect that way.
>>>> Would that make a difference?
>>>>
>>>> I'm happy to go back at the suggestion of others.
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:28 PM, C. Alex de Freitas <
>>>> colindefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Onto it :-)In fact. I just twittered to someone that I was on my way
>>>>> to do it!
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Gabe Sawhney <gabe at pwd.ca> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> At around 4am last night our nodes at Yonge-Dundas Square went down.
>>>>>> My hunch is that it's a problem with the DSL modem, but it could also be
>>>>>> with the Linksys router that's plugged into the DSL modem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Could someone who's familiar with the install there swing by to
>>>>>> restart them?  I'm out of town 'til August 8th.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gabe
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> C. Alex de Freitas, PhD Candidate
>>>>> School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
>>>>> The University of Auckland
>>>>> www.alexdefreitas.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> C. Alex de Freitas, PhD Candidate
>>>> School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
>>>> The University of Auckland
>>>> www.alexdefreitas.com
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>> C. Alex de Freitas, PhD Candidate
>> School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
>> The University of Auckland
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C. Alex de Freitas, PhD Candidate
School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
The University of Auckland
www.alexdefreitas.com
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