Chronicals of… a developer in Johannesburg

Searching for the WUG? What is the WUG? Read on…

I have noticed that my Google ranking for WUG search keywords is quite high, so why not give you some information that you need and be an asset to the WUG community that I am part of?

The WUG is a community of users connected over wifi (the same as a notebook, or desktop pc). The difference is that we use nice big antennae and connect over long ranges!

If you want to connect then check out this getting started guide: http://www.wug.za.net/gettingstarted.php

Don’t forget some core things you need to do by yourself!

1. Add photos of your Line of Sight (LOS) to the gallery.
2. Log onto the chat irc.jawug.za.net or on the website: http://www.wug.za.net/chat.php
3. Don’t expect everyone to drop their work to help you, we all have full time jobs and nobody “works” for the WUG.
4. You put up your own wug kit, mounting, drilling and connecting to a highsite. (buy kit here: http://scoopdistribution.co.za/ or http://www.dbg.co.za/)

If you follow these basic guides everyone will like you and you will have a fruitful wug experience

So I moved house… and have been ultra-busy at my new job.

Working a lot with services now, and fixing other peoples’ mess

Here are pictures of my temp wug setup.

After some fiddling and help from Ryder I am now on the JaWug!

It’s great

I went to Uniterm on wed, got the grid (wrong connector)

I went to Uniterm on thurs, got the right connector. Tried to connect that night – useless router.

I went to Uniterm today, bought a proper wug kit, and a 19dBi grid. It will work!!!

3rd time lucky

Getting onto the WUG is not an easy task.

Starting off from nothing – not knowing a thing about “long range” wifi it is all quite daunting at first. I thought that this was another type of wireless… not your good ol’ plain ol’ wifi.

Turns out it’s just the same – with stronger antennae, and more customisable equipment. So I got my hands on a little router and am getting a grid antenna tomorrow… Holding thumbs…

Edit: Tomorrow was yesterday. Got the antenna and cable, but they fitted the wrong connection to the pigtail! So had to drive all the way to the “south” to get it re-connected. Tonight is the night I connect!