[136900] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Weekend Gedankenexperiment - The Kill Switch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (isabel dias)
Sun Feb 6 09:57:12 2011
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 06:57:06 -0800 (PST)
From: isabel dias <isabeldias1@yahoo.com>
To: Ryan Wilkins <ryan@deadfrog.net>, Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
In-Reply-To: <9D145C3C-2D3A-4D73-997C-6346B6EF402A@deadfrog.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
do you have a satellite dish? what are your dish pointing coordinates......=
we =0Ajust need to find out what is going on the air interface=A0 ...=0A=0A=
=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Ryan Wilkins <ryan@deadfrog.=
net>=0ATo: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>=0ACc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>=0AS=
ent: Fri, February 4, 2011 4:46:47 AM=0ASubject: Re: Weekend Gedankenexperi=
ment - The Kill Switch=0A=0A=0AOn Feb 3, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Jay Ashworth wr=
ote:=0A=0A> ---- Original Message -----=0A>> What do you do when you get ho=
me to put it back on the air -- let's=0A>> say email as a base service, sin=
ce it is -- do you have the gear laying =0A>around,=0A>> and how long would=
it take?=0A> =0A> Focus on this part, BTW, folks; let's ignore the politic=
s behind the=0A> shutdown.=A0 :-)=0A> =0A=0ASo if I get what you're saying,=
I could have something operational from scratch =0Ain a few hours.=A0 I've=
got a variety of Cisco routers and switches, Linux and Mac =0AOS X boxes i=
n various shapes and sizes, and a five CPE + one AP 5 GHz Mikrotik =0ARoute=
rOS-based radio system, 802.11b/g wireless AP, 800' of Cat 5e cable, =0Acon=
nectors, and crimpers.=A0 The radios, if well placed, could allow me to con=
nect =0Aup several strategic locations, or perhaps use them to connect to o=
ther sources =0Aof Internet access, if available.=A0 If it really came down=
to it, I could =0Aprobably gather enough satellite communications gear fro=
m the office to allow me =0Ato stand up satellite Internet to someone.=A0 O=
f course, the trick would be to =0Atalk to that "someone" to coordinate con=
nectivity over the satellite which may =0Abe hard to do given the communica=
tions outage you described.=A0 I wouldn't be so =0Aworried about transmitti=
ng to the satellite, in this case I'd just transmit =0Awithout authorizatio=
n, but someone needs to be receiving my transmission and =0Avice versa for =
this to be useful.=A0 At a minimum, I could enable communications =0Abetwee=
n my neighbors.=0A=0ARegards,=0ARyan Wilkins=0A=0A=0A
