This is what happens when you blog late at night. By the time you post, it's the next day! The following events all happened on Friday, 19 November 2010.....
The weather was kind to us today and we managed three more client connections in half a day. One was very easy involving just a replacement wireless device on an existing J-pole using existing cable. The other two were more involved requiring new poles to be erected as well.
Half way through the afternoon the whole village suffered a brief power cut. Only when I got home to telephone messages and no internet did I discover that both networks were down. The old network just needed the primary mesh-box rebooting. The new network had suffered damage to the UPS at the village hall resulting in three power outlets failing to deliver power and so three Nanos down. This was resolved but still there were problems for clients connecting to the Holly Bank House node - that's at our house! A bit of ferreting around revealed that the Nano that acts as Station (receiving from the Village Hall) could not be logged into and physical examination revealed that the patch lead connecting it to the switch had not clicked home and had come adrift. As a result none of the Access Point Nanos had a connection back to the internet and so neither did any clients connecting to those APs. This was rectified and now all is well.
More client installations are planned for next Monday and Tuesday but I shall be away so John Bevan and Ben Hadler will be overseeing that work.
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