[H-ANNOUNCE] Special Event (1/2/2003) Joint Brismesh/HUMBUG Activity Day

[Ben Fowler]

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SPECIAL EVENT: Joint Brismesh/HUMBUG Activity Day (see below)

HUMBUG, the Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group, exists to get
fellow Unix users in contact with each other, to introduce people
to Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and to help users in
operating those systems.  Everyone is welcome to attend.

Meetings tend to be informal.  We socialize, discuss Unix and
computing, solve Unix problems for new and experienced users
alike, and these days have regular talks.


Date:   Saturday, 1st March 2003

Time:   10:00am - 3:00pm   Brismesh Routing and Antenna Workshop
        3:00pm - 1:00am    Regular HUMBUG meeting

Event:  Joint Brismesh/HUMBUG Activity Day

        The workshop provides an opportunity for Brishmesh and
        Home Unix Machine - Brisbane User Group (HUMBUG) members
        to share their expertise in topics useful for setting up
        a node in a Metropolitan Area Wireless Network (such as
        Brismesh).  The workshop will take the form of two
        sessions; an antenna session and a routing session.

        Attendees are encouraged to bring along their machine
        (running BSD or Linux or other unix-like operating system)
        or a machine on which they intend to install a unix-like
        operating system in order to configure it to function as a
        wireless router.

        The workshop will merge into the HUMBUG meeting from 3pm
        onwards, and attendees are encouraged to stay on for this
        meeting to continue to setup their router and find out more
        about HUMBUG and its activities and services.

        (See below for the full programme)

Venue:  Room S201, Hawken Engineering Building (no. 50)
        The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus

        Car Parking is currently unregulated on Saturdays.  The
        University is serviced by public transport with frequent
        buses during University terms.  For more information:

        http://www.uq.edu.au/about/locations/st-lucia.html
        http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=2&id=25

Food:   The eating places (ranging from take away to a la Carte)
        at 'The Ville' are usually open until about 10pm Saturday
        night.  There is also the Pizza Cafe on-campus near the
        Schonell Theater:

        http://www.schonell.uq.edu.au/pizza_caffe.html
        http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=1&id=11

Drinks: Various soft drinks and snacks are available from the
        three vending machines located immediately outside the
        room.  Bring coins to take advantage of these machines!

Full Programme:

        Antenna session: 10:00am - 11:45am

          During this session, attendees will construct antennas to be
          used to extend the range of their Brismesh node.  BYO tools
          and parts if you are building an antenna, or come along to
          watch or find out about the different types of antennas that
          are used by Brismesh nodes.  If you need any cables,
          connectors or parts for your antenna contact Mark
          <marka at abcalarms.com.au>.  If you have a lot of gear to setup,
          please arrive between 9:30 and 10:00 to set it up before the
          session.

        Lunch and Brismesh meeting: 11:45am -1pm

          There will be a brief Brismesh meeting at this time.
          Attendees who are considering joining Brismesh are welcome to
          attend.  For further details, check the Brismesh mailing list
          (details and archives of which are linked from
          http://www.brismesh.org)

        Routing session: 1:00pm - 3pm

          The aim of the routing session is to help attendees understand
          the tools and protocols used when setting a wireless router
          running a unix-like operating system (such as *BSD or Linux).
          The session will include talks introducing the goals of
          Brismesh, an overview of HUMBUG, as well as talks on specific
          routing procotols and a demo of some wireless tools available
          for BSD and Linux.

          A breakdown of the routing session follows:

           1:00 - 1:15 : Welcome to Brismesh - Anna Gerber
           1:15 - 1:30 : Intro to HUMBUG talk - Ben Fowler
           1:30 - 2:05 : OSPF talk - Mark Suter
           2:05 - 2:25 : Wireless tools demo


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Maintainer.

HUMBUG Talks Maintainer.






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