AirJaldi photo rout (April 2008)

AirJaldi Photo TourApril 30, 2008TCV, Mcleodganj, Dharamsala

AirJaldi’s NOCThis plus two computers, all in an attic; 4 kVA UPS backup; 2000 nodes & 10,000 users; about 2 lakhs

Tibetan Children’s Village; Michael Ginguld, CEOAirJaldi is located at the TCV in Upper Dharamsala; AirJaldi’s founders are from Israel

Antennas: Directional and Yagi (in a box)For long distance and wide angle coverage

Left: Directional; Right: Two Types of OmnidirectionalOmni antennas have 360˚ coverage but along a flat plane; about 2 km range

Panel Antennas: Israeli military design and Indian copyPanel antennas are good for wide angle coverage

Router Pile“Where old Linksys routers come from around the world to die.”

They don’t use Linksys routers anymore because they have a single radio and can’t do duplex communication, which slows traffic for a large network.

Custom Router Box Design with Two Radio CircuitWeatherproof, easy to maintain when up a pole, single ethernet cable that also carries power

Neighbourhood ATM with VSAT cagePunjab National Bank ATM near the NOC; AirJaldi is not involved with this