Subject: City of Seattle BroadBand Task Force Meeting - msg#00015

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RE: OT - Security questions

My two cents... I don't think further deployments of ZoneAlarm alone is going to get you much more than you've already got. While I wouldn't necessarily get rid of ZoneAlarm, I don't think it's sufficient. Add a hardware firewall/router/gateway device between the Internet and your Windows server. Windows is not really designed to be hooked directly to the Internet. Are you getting a good backup every night? That's probably your #1 security question. Ian _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk

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RE: City of Seattle BroadBand Task Force Meeting

These meetings have been quite interesting, even just from an educational, if not an advocacy, perspective. And it's not bad finding parking on-street at 7:30 AM (pay 2 hours; you'll probably want to chat after the meeting). Also, the location of the meeting is in the bowels of the city hall building; ask the man at the desk for directions. The upcoming meeting will be presentations about other entities' experiences with providing broadband, like Tacoma's Click! network. See: http://www.seattle.gov/btt In addition to the meeting location, check "Schedules and Agendas", and also "Documents", for postings from other meetings. As for the broadband M/O, wireless may be a pragmatic solution, but we've got a whole lot of trees up here, and the RF spectrum is a zoo -- now the military is even grabbing a frequency that can render your garage door opener inert. For analog, sure, you can handle a lot of drop-outs without losing the information -- but not in digital, eh? FTTH looks mighty good, if we can afford it, and the total cost of all that wireless stuff needs plenty of scrutiny. Ken M. -----Original Message----- From: talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rob S Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:17 AM To: SeattleWireless Talk List Subject: City of Seattle BroadBand Task Force Meeting The next meeting of the Seattle Broadband and Telecommunications Task Force is tomorrow, December 8th starting at 7:30 am through 9:00 am. I encourage community wireless members to express a common viewpoint: The best plan for government involvement in broadband delivery is to provide an extended fiber optic grid terminated in open access nodes rather than deployments directly to end-users (outside of government and education). The first/last mile from the node to end users should be on a competitive basis: fiber to the home/premesis, WiMAX, WiFi, 802.3ah Gb Ethernet, or DSL should all be allowed on a best use, competitive basis imo. Decisions about the type of fiber-optic edge-network (ESONS?) and node-termination equipment, and facilities such as utility pole access and enclosures, need to be worked out. Probably, termination to 802.3ah Ethernet at the node. It's important that the task force not push fiber to the home IMO: wireless technologies are evolving rapidly to extend range, bandwidth, QoS, multimedia capabilities, and mobility while lowering costs. Other media are also improving. Let the 'best man win' in determining first/last mile service. _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk

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New Enahnced range WiFi products - Review

Two new enhanced technology products have entered the market: the 'pre-n' 802.11b (soon also .11g) from Belkin and the 'D2D' enhanced product from Parkervision. Both of these calim to be compatible with existing WiFi devices. The range iprovement claimed for the devices is 2X-4X - substantial improvement through the use of MIMO or 'D2D' signal processing methods. The review article: http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article96.php Some other range booting devices: http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/1,aid,117807,pg,5,00.asp http://www.hawkingtech.com/prodSpec.php?ProdID=224 500 mw power amp for under $80? http://pcworld.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php?masterid=3683530 Page computers has it for $51 less a $10 rebate coupon... about $48 including shipping http://www.hawkingtech.com/images/datasheet/HSB1%20Datasheet%20Low%20Res.pdf WiMAXPro.com rsyputa@xxxxxxxxxxxx 206-367-6931 (M-F) 206-338-4346 (voice message) _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk

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RE: City of Seattle BroadBand Task Force Meeting

These meetings have been quite interesting, even just from an educational, if not an advocacy, perspective. And it's not bad finding parking on-street at 7:30 AM (pay 2 hours; you'll probably want to chat after the meeting). Also, the location of the meeting is in the bowels of the city hall building; ask the man at the desk for directions. The upcoming meeting will be presentations about other entities' experiences with providing broadband, like Tacoma's Click! network. See: http://www.seattle.gov/btt In addition to the meeting location, check "Schedules and Agendas", and also "Documents", for postings from other meetings. As for the broadband M/O, wireless may be a pragmatic solution, but we've got a whole lot of trees up here, and the RF spectrum is a zoo -- now the military is even grabbing a frequency that can render your garage door opener inert. For analog, sure, you can handle a lot of drop-outs without losing the information -- but not in digital, eh? FTTH looks mighty good, if we can afford it, and the total cost of all that wireless stuff needs plenty of scrutiny. Ken M. -----Original Message----- From: talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:talk-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rob S Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:17 AM To: SeattleWireless Talk List Subject: City of Seattle BroadBand Task Force Meeting The next meeting of the Seattle Broadband and Telecommunications Task Force is tomorrow, December 8th starting at 7:30 am through 9:00 am. I encourage community wireless members to express a common viewpoint: The best plan for government involvement in broadband delivery is to provide an extended fiber optic grid terminated in open access nodes rather than deployments directly to end-users (outside of government and education). The first/last mile from the node to end users should be on a competitive basis: fiber to the home/premesis, WiMAX, WiFi, 802.3ah Gb Ethernet, or DSL should all be allowed on a best use, competitive basis imo. Decisions about the type of fiber-optic edge-network (ESONS?) and node-termination equipment, and facilities such as utility pole access and enclosures, need to be worked out. Probably, termination to 802.3ah Ethernet at the node. It's important that the task force not push fiber to the home IMO: wireless technologies are evolving rapidly to extend range, bandwidth, QoS, multimedia capabilities, and mobility while lowering costs. Other media are also improving. Let the 'best man win' in determining first/last mile service. _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list Talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk