[Bboa-members] Re: [WiFiCoop] Log in Problems

Fri Aug 4 17:07:37 PDT 2006

The bathroom project is a representation of a Government contract project
gone bad... First the total cost of the project was $500 or there abouts.
The Marina's portion was half of that due to a matching grant ($250k).

Since they have decided to postpone the washer/driers I haven't been over
there, but knowing the City of Berkeley and it's other public works
projects, such as the Police Station, I am surprised the new bathroom's
plumbing is working. Complaints should go to your Councilmember Linda Miao (
mailto:lmaio at ci.berkeley.ca.us <lmaio at ci.berkeley.ca.us>), Mayor Tom Bates (
mayor at ci.berkeley.ca.us), the Director of Parks and Waterfront (
parks at ci.berkeley.ca.us), the Waterfront Commission and of course Cliff
Marcetti.

As far as the recycling bins... Zac made a complaint that no one was picking
up the bins and now the Marina Staff has decided to stop the service based
on the cans having garbage in them. The cans had garbage because on the O
Dock they hadn't been emptied in months.

The Marina Supervisor has decided not to have recycling, which the rest of
California is mandated to do and the City of Berkeley wants.

The City Municipal Code, Section 12.36.010 states:

*The City Council of the City finds and determines that a municipal program
for the collection, disposal and recycling of metals, glass and paper placed
at curbside is in the public interest and serves to promote the general
welfare of the City. (Ord. 5266-NS § 2, 1980: Ord. 4689-NS § 1, 1974)*
**
Based on that I would encourage anyone who has an interest to attend the
next Waterfront Commission meeting and let them know what you think.

Tom Jeremiason

On 8/4/06, BD <BigDaddy69_77 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I think you're missreading. That should be 11"M"bps,
> not just bps. 11mbps is about 200 times faster than
> 56Kbps dialup speed. Of course this is irrelevant to
> real speed. I think we're all pretty much governed to
> more like 500Kbps by people sharing the signal, which
> ideally, theoretically is that magic 11Mbps strength.
> In other words, don't pay attention to the 11 or the
> 54.0 Mbps, just pay attention to your real surf speed.
> Try this bandwidth meter available online here:
> http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/bandwidth.asp and
> click on the
> "Run Bandwidth Test" in the middle of the page. The
> only speed differentials I see are depending on how
> weak the signal I get it, which interrupts data
> transfer, or as you say "the connection keeps
> resetting" midstream and makes for longer downloads.
> I'm no computer expert, so I'm just conjecturing as to
> what's going on, something about packet loss or
> something. I'm toying with the idea of buying a good
> antenna to eliminate all these weak signal problems.
> I've found these guys really good to talk to:
> http://radiolabs.com/Articles/wifi-antenna.html
> They know everything and will recommend the best
> setup. I've just been loathe to spend the $200 until
> they move me to my permanent slip after the H dock
> reconstruction. I think this is the one they suggest:
> http://radiolabs.com/products/antennas/2.4gig/11dbomni.php
> and then spend another $89 on 30 or 40 feet of antenna
> wire to run it from your computer up on a pole on the
> roof. I'd love to hear anybody else's thoughts on this
> product and price. I too have noticed the "direct
> connection" taking me directly to my homepage instead
> of to the WiFi login page, but I really didn't want to
> "look a gift horse in the mouth" since the new
> "autologin" certainly improves my quality of life
> significantly. As for DSL it's expensive and
> unnecessary if you don't have/need a phone and also
> has problems sometimes, but for the same price the
> $200 for the antenna setup seems well spent in
> comparison.
> No comments about the bathrooms by C dock? Thanks for
> your support about the recycle bins. If they're not
> used for trash though, then they should stay clean and
> not invite/encourage critters, no? Of course I always
> rinse out my recyclable cans and bottles. I also
> already see rats, mice and raccoons on the docks
> plenty as it is, so I can't imagine some clean paper
> and cans making much difference on my dock anyway.
> Hope some of those links are helpful. Any advice from
> anybody about the antenna setup would be greatly
> appreciated.
> --- Skye Sturgeon <skyesturgeon at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > The last two weeks, I have been experiencing some
> > strangness in that when I
> > log on to Firefox, I go directly to my homepage and
> > I am no longer taken to
> > the WiFi log in page. Also, I am on the far end of N
> > dock and I usually use
> > byc-bm since I get a low strength signal from that
> > but  it only yields
> > 11bps, which is dial-up slow. The signal from wifi
> > gives me a very low
> > signal, but then I get 54bps! Even though I have
> > chosen byc-bm as my first
> > choice, because the wifi connection is not always
> > available (even at very
> > low), the connection keeps resetting while I am on
> > line and that is very
> > annoying. I think byc-bm goes away for some reason
> > and then my computer
> > switches to wifi, then when byc-bm comes back, my
> > computer resets and
> > switches back. Any insight on this? I have always
> > found the wifi coop to be
> > full of problems, but satisfactory when compared to
> > installing a DSL. I do
> > not need a phone for my boat and that seems to be
> > required for a DSL line.
> > I agree with BD about the recycling. There should be
> > a better solution than
> > throwing the baby out with the bath water. However,
> > inside the gates may be
> > inviting critters and foragers onto the docks.
> >
> > On 8/4/06, Scott Douglass <scott at swdouglass.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tom,
> > >
> > > As far as I know, nothing has changed. I've
> > checked out the logs on the
> > > gateway server and I don't see anything indicating
> > a problem. Does where
> > > you are (geographically) or time of day or
> > anything change your
> > > situation? Are there any new WiFi networks around
> > your area when you are
> > > trying to use the WiFi Coop (could be interference
> > problem)?
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 08:31 -0700, Tom & Lori
> > Jeremiason wrote:
> > > > Scott
> > > >
> > > > Recently I have been having a terrible time
> > logging onto the Wifi Coop.
> > > >
> > > > The log in screen requires me to log in multiple
> > times before connecting
> > > and
> > > > the pop up window drops the connection
> > frequently...
> > > >
> > > > Did you change something?
> > > >
> > > > Tom Jeremiason
> > > >
> > > >
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