final day of the Wi-Fi class

Hello, everybody. Thank you all again for going through this program. We learned a lot from teaching this class and working throughout the summer with you, and hope you learned a few important things as well.

We'd like you to take a couple quizzes, just to see how much your skills and knowledge of networking technology increased. Go to this link, and print out your answers.

How Stuff Works: Wi-Fi Quiz

When you're done, take this evaluation survey so that we could get a better idea on how to improve this class in the future.

Thanks again, and we wish you all the best.

-- Davis and Bruce

Tesing the Network

Testing your network

The easiest way to test your network is to take a laptop into each apartment and see how well it works to browse the internet.

The first thing to do is to set the laptop to look for an SSID of only "AP Wireless". On Windows XP, this is done by right-clicking on the wireless network icon in the taskbar "notification area" (the small icons near the date/time display on the right). Then select "View Available Wireless Networks" from the pop-up Menu. Next a dialog like this will appear.

Click on the "Change the order of preferred networks" link on the left and you'll see a list of networks that this computer will attempt to connect to.

For the purposes of this test, you'll want to make sure it can't connect to anything except AP Wireless so remove any SSIDs that appear in this list by clicking "remove" until the list is empty then click "add" to add " AP Wireless ". Next click on "OK" twice to save and close these settings.

Now you are ready to test!

It is important that as you wander around, you turn off, then on the wireless adapter on the laptop (most laptops have a switch for this so they can be used on airplanes where wireless isn't allowed). As you enter a new apartment or room that you want to test, turn the wireless switch to the "off" position, wait a second or two, then turn it on again. It will usually take a few moments to find the network again and once it says "connected" in the taskbar (if you are using a Windows Laptop), then you are ready to test. RO.B.IN wireless networks default to an SSID of " AP Wireless ", so this is what you'll want to be looking for (you can change this and we'll cover that a bit later).

Why do you have to do this? Wireless adapters in computers like to stay "locked" onto the wireless access point (in our case, one of the open-mesh routers) unless the signal gets really bad. Since you are wandering around and open-mesh networks have many such access points, if you don't switch off then on your wireless adapter, you'll get false results as it may be trying to talk to a router that is now farther away then another which would have a better signal. Users typically don't wander like this, so by turning off then on your wireless you'll see what a stationary user would see.

At each location, it's a good idea to refresh a page with lots of graphics a few times. You can use http://www.yahoo.com as it typically has several images. You should see each page load in under 5 seconds with no missing images if it is working well.

If you have some areas that don't work or don't work well, try moving the closest router to a location closer to the Gateway or add a Repeater and retest.

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Thursday, August 21, 2008
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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You will also meet some of the most successful Black Business Owners in
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THIS ONE DAY SEMINAR IS FREE TO ALL YOUNG ADULTS AND INCLUDES COMPLIMENTARY
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Bring a Friend!

SPACE IS LIMITED. . . SO ACT NOW!

well i being learning lots of differentt things that are so interesting
for example was how to connect the wireless and even with the node

Neighborhood map

This is a picture of the neighborhood we'll be deploying our neighborhood, the street is outlined in red:


21st Street, between San Pedro and Griffin.

Neighborhood Resident Meeting Postponed

Our presentation to the resident block club, which was originally going to be held this Thursday, has been canceled, and is rescheduled for next Wednesday at 6 PM (August 6). Sorry for the inconvenience, folks...but this will give us more time to prepare our presentation.

NETWORK DEMO

I've posted a step by step Demo that we will go over in class.

http://www.basicwifi.com/AUD/APCC/APCC_demo.htm

If you are having a hard time keeping up in class...

I am readily available to answer any questions you may have. I don't believe in dumb questions. I believe the only dumb questions are the ones not asked.

I have many ways to be reached here goes:

E-Mail: JSejas@allpeoplescc.org and Jim.Sejas@gmail.com

Phone: Work (213) 747-6357 Ext. 47

If at any point in time you need any assistance at all please get in touch with me.

i think im little bit confuse with the program i think we have to go just little bit slow yup we need to go little bit slow but im not really a good person on copmputers but hopefully at the end of the program i learn more about computers so yeah

Tuesday's Class

Quiz today covering IP addressing, ARP, Ping, Tracert< internet history and IP classes.

The Agenda for Class July 22, 2008
-Quiz
-Lecture RF history
-Exercise Identifying RF
-Lecture RF Spectrum
-Exercise Finding RF signals and channels
-lecture Antenna s power and height

WIFI

BULDING WIFI LOOK EASY BUT IS NOT IT TAKE TIME IN THE FRIST TIME FOR IT WAS HART

what i have learned

i learned how to setup a wireless connection and i also learned how to connect ping to ping on peoples computer...Mario Lopez

hey i have a question if i have a wireless network and if is connect to two computer it still going to work to my play station 3 wireless ? And your class rock!!!!1

what have i learned

I learned how to start up a wireless connection and how to ping people from computer to computer............montez

Thursday's Klass....... WOW, OMG, YESSSS!!!!!!!!!

Today was a good day. I learned something that i didnt know when i walked into thiz klass. I enjoyed mii day. Love, Peace, & Soul!
I got summer hating on mii kuz im hotter than the sun

WHAT I LEARNED TODAY????NO!!!!WHAT DID YOU LEARN TODAY????

TODAY I LEARNED HOW TO CHANGE SOME SETTINGS TO HOOK UP WIRELESS AND I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO DO THE NODE THINGY....BUT YEAH IM HAVING FUN IN THIS CLASS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE THINGS....YAY ME...LOL

WI-FI HOW AWESOME!!!!! {TOTALLY RANDOM}

WI-FI IS SO AMAZING...TECHNOLOGY IS TOTALLY TAKING OVER.
I LEARNED HOW TO CREATE IP ADDRESSES AND HOW TO PING!!!!! SOOOOOO COOOL!!!
_RANDOM_

que onda

was up people

wifi class

hello everyone!

Todays class Agenda:

Review LABS 1-5

The blog:

Questions from Last week

Wireless networks continued

Lab 6

More about addressing

Subnetting

Lab 7

Lab 8

Break

More DNS

Lab 9

Lab 10

Reading assignments

Neighborhoods Unplugged

Community Wireless (Wi-Fi) Network Training Class

July 15 to August 28

Tu/Th: 10.00 AM to 12.30 PM

Some week day and weekend hours will be required

This course will introduce you to basic wireless, or “Wi-Fi” networking skills. In this class, you will learn how to…

• Install, configure and troubleshoot a wireless local area network (WLAN)
• Survey, troubleshoot and optimize Wi-Fi LANs for speed and coverage
• Create and connect to public hotspots

By the end of the class, you will have created a community wireless network that will be used by neighborhood residents. Your training will include outreach with residents to conduct surveys, plan the deployment, and hold workshop sessions demonstrating to users how to connect to the network.

We will learn about community wireless networks using equipment from a company called Open –Mesh (www.open-mesh.com), which manufactures access points and helps you manage your network through an Internet dashboard.

WEEK 1 Introduction to the Internet and wireless connectivity

WEEK 2 Basic radio communications and spectrum

WEEK 3 CPE client devices

WEEK 4 Wireless mesh and Open-Mesh overview; Site survey and planning

WEEK 5 Open-mesh deployment and configuration

WEEK 6 Testing and troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks

WEEK 7 Security and privacy on Wi-Fi networks