[wirelesstoronto-discuss] Dundas-Square is down

Fri Jul 31 18:45:53 EDT 2009

Good work, Alex.  <smile>  It sounds like you did all the right things.  It
looks like the pico2 is up now:
http://www.open-mesh.com/nodes_attnt.php?id=wirelesstoronto&showall=1&details=1

Gabe

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 3:33 PM, C. Alex de Freitas <
colindefreitas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>> School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
>>> The University of Auckland
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> School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
> The University of Auckland
> www.alexdefreitas.com
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