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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2015 23:39:58 GMT
It is finally time to start exploring the world of Wi-Fi.
I have ordered a Linksys Dual-Band USB Adapter so I can look for Hot Spots and possibly become a Radio Hot Spot.
Already I've been using Wi-Fi since the cordless phone operates at 1.9 GHz and a Stereo Audio Transmitter/Receiver (STL-Sudio Transmitter Link) uses 2.4 GHz.
Otherwise all the KDX computing has been done with wired Ethernet.
Later tonight we'll begin exploring the FCC Part 15 rules for Wi-Fi frequencies, which will be presented here if we can make sense out of it.
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Post by bluebucketradio on Dec 17, 2015 3:35:08 GMT
I prefer wired over wifi just because it seems more stable.
Our cable company is renting a modem to us that has a wifi router built into it and the signal is pitiful.
I would trade for another if i thought we would get a router/modem that would actually put out some power, but we are on our second unit already as the first one took a turn for the worst. Using a router you can modify is a better way to have total control over the transmit power, security and firmware.
The reason we do not use wired lan is because of the lay out of our rental home and because I really don't have the $$ to spend wiring the house for wired lan. Wifi is nice but only if you can manage to locate it in the center most part of a dwelling to maximize coverage.
Best of luck Carl.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 14:46:38 GMT
Stable and SecureI agree with you, Mr. and Mrs. Bucket... wired Ethernet connecting router and computer is the most stable way to connect to the internet and is also more secure... strangers cannot break into the system by sitting out in their car with a laptop Wi-Fi. My internet will remain connected to the internet by Ethernet cable. That isn't going to change. But now I have this USB Wi-Fi adapter installed and see that there are three Hot Spots within range, all secured as they wisely should be. To describe technically what is taking place... the USB Wi-Fi Adapter attached to my computer is sending out a microwave signal and finding three Wi-Fi Routers, each of which is connected to the internet. If no router is used at my end, can I make the USB Wi-Fi Adapter act as a Wi-Fi hotspot leading to a Server Page on my computer for my Icecast or Shoutcast mp3 stream?By the way, this Thread builds nicely off of this other thread over at part15(dot)us OTHER HOTSPOT THREAD SPIGOT
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Post by thelegacy on Dec 19, 2015 21:22:27 GMT
One way is to find out which port your computer is using. I know there is an option on Shoutcast 1.9.8 to allow LAN connections. So if your computer is on the first port it would be 192.168.0.1 and your port number. So if it is 800 it would look like this: 192.168.0.1:800 and that is your streaming port. Its really easy to set that up and this is why one could set up a digital Shoutcast network where as listeners could log into your system and listen. If you wanted to simply be a shoutcast local area network station but didn't want your router connected to the net that could be done too. And you could have WiFi repeaters all over the neighborhood too. Is was an option I talked about as an alternative to FM or AM as a sort of smart ass way to bypass all the FCC stuff and get range. But actually it could work.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2015 22:31:29 GMT
I Agree It Could Work
I am learning about this fast now that I have this USB Adapter as a center of activity, getting a grip on how Wi-Fi works.
I think I am now broadcasting a Hotspot under the title: KDXN (the N is for Network).
According to radio-locator(dot)com there is already a KDXN located in South Heart, North Dakota with 100 kW, so I'll think up a more original name for the Hotspot.
I figure the only way I can look at and prove that I have a hotspot is to use a 2nd computer and 2nd USB Wi-Fi Adapter so the two computers can find each other.
Since I'm already planning to add a 2nd computer as a backup system that will come soon.
Once we map out the blueprint of how this is done I'll bet many Part 15 stations will want to have local Hotspot Stations.
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2015 0:26:47 GMT
How about KDXH for hotspot?
I picked up a USB WIFI adapter with a box of junk recently acquired. It's made by Zonet and coincidentally it can be dual purposed. It can either be a WIFI connection to an existing WIFI or it can be used as a hotspot.
I haven't tried it as a hotspot but did look into the setup for that. Amazing what they can pack into a device the size of a jump drive.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2015 14:48:23 GMT
Another Dollar Short
It's another day later, and as it so happens it's also the morning after another one of our ALL OUT ALPB MEETINGS that get wilder all the time.
Responding to MRAM's naming suggestion... "KDXH... the H for Hotspot"... that would be a good idea except for a local coincidence...
It so happens that in the general metropolitan area where KDX and the Internet Building are located, there is an FM station with call letters KDHX. For them, the "DHX" part of the name stands for "Double Helix", their parent company name. Already KDX has been confused with KDHX when our fine-arts network representative asked if we were either "the same as or affiliated with KDHX." I explained that we are separate entities and have no contact with each other, and that my call letter "KDX" was filed several years before KDHX existed, when I registered as a cable FM station.
To avoid further mis-identification with the local area station, maybe a variation of MRAM's idea would work...
Just as "LP" is often used to label LPFM stations (MRAM operates WCFI-LP) we could establish "HS" as the identifier for "Hot Spot" stations. Lets try it out:
KDX-HS
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Post by Admin on Dec 20, 2015 17:14:19 GMT
Carl, a grand idea! KDX-HS.
Other possibles are IR for Internet Radio or WF for WIFI.
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Post by bluebucketradio on Dec 21, 2015 5:20:31 GMT
I have an extra router here, a Linksys and boy it has been reliable. I am not using it for our internet as it caused problems for the router/modem from our cable company, But, i can see using it for Blue Bucket Radio in the same way Carl is thinking.
Could be run directly off the ethernet plug on the station playout computer...hmmm and the cord might be long enough to hang it on the wall upstairs.
Later, i could upgrade to a Netgear router that takes external antennas.
Brainstorms are a wonderful thing when they don't involve injuries.
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