We missed the December 2009 target for the Malusay Community WiFi to be up and running but we are still actively working on it.
As previously planned, I was supposed to upgrade the tower at the house for our BH-2 and Node-1 radios but the turn-buckles and guy wires were not yet available. Instead, I just picked up a junk Pentium III 650 MHZ and a couple of 10/100 Realtek lan cards for pfSense to run on it, however, Jerry offered his already-working hardware (and a few bottles of beer) and helped me successfully setup pfSense 1.2.3 on it. By the way, thanks to Lemuel for providing the CD installer for pfSense.
The Hardware
pfSense Installation
With the new pfSense box, we were able to configure and test the equipment from Backhaul-1, Backhaul-2, Node-1 and Node-2.
Another reason for the delay is the need to find additional options for the location of Backhaul-1 as construction of the tower would be some kind of a permanent structure to build. Popoy and I visited the NORSU area last Saturday (Jan. 2, 2010) and found 3 more possible locations. From all these 4 locations, we will select the best spot in terms of signal strength, safety and budget considerations.
Also, I was not able to get the UTP cables but fortunately, Popoy released the amount and we can now purchase the roll.
Guys, we need your support. Please bear with us as we are just doing this on our own free time.
Happy New Year sa tanan!
P.S. Thanks to Glencel and Juan also for the RJ-45 connectors!!!