It looks like another week without the net down at the Jetty. We were unable to gain access to the roof cavity to lay cable. Will try agian next week. So hold off on the coffee.

*SIGH*

Thats how long its been down at tyhe jetty. Well we are happy to announce that new calbes will be layed in the Jetty Shopping centre this comming Thursday (21/08/08). This means will have the access point up and running this Friday.

So grab your notebook and head down to the Jetty Strip for a coffee.

Many are finding the Jetty Village access point spends more time off line than on. There are several factors that contribute to this issue. The first is the ISP that provides Internet access to this hotspot is not reliable. It’s up and down like a yoyo. This is compounded by the lack off access to the ISP technology as it resides on private premises, which isn't always open for our access. When there is an opportunity to gain access, we might not have the time to run down and reboot.

There back...Please don't use the network just for free downloads as it will alternately wreck it for all. There is nothing wrong with occasional download but to use the network day in day out for downloading mp3's and movies cost money. The one thing that we do not want is to shape the bandwidth and/or put quoters on each user, you never know when you need to get access to something important and need to download a big file fast. So once again respect the service and there will be no constraints.

It has started - we have a few users who use the network for bulk downloading.

Until recently the network was immune from excessive data down loads but now it is getting to a point that it starts to hurt the hip pocket. Someone some where has to pay for the pipe into the internet.

The server wifidog.coffswifi.net was moved this weekend to its new home in the riser of Creek Tower. It will remain there until we can can secure the old office on the 8th floor.

Last Night we made changes to the DNS to point www.coffswifi.net to this site.

This new site will make it easier to keep content up to date and allow your feedback.

-- 24/05/07 -- Wednesday

This web site will get an upgrade next month.

Dupal will be used as the interface here as it will allow the wider community to contribute to the development of the wireless network.
The jetty hotspot will be the next one of the rank (have to access point), followed by the hotspot on Stoker house (it has been running for a year not connecting to any thing).
To have a look at the portal page then click here wifidog.coffswifi.net