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Oil-Cooling 802.11 Infrastructure

Posted by timothy on from the unusual-means-admirable-end dept.

gomoX writes "A group of 802.11b fans in Tordera, Spain, are running a wireless node on the roof of a building, with the idea of a free wireless network for everyone on the neighbourhood. Its a system running linux with a home made can antenna, mounted on a plastic tool box in the roof. To keep it cool under the sun and protect it from rain, wind, they have immersed it into vegetable oil (yes, the whole thing). As oil is non-conductive, everything should run fine. The site is in Spanish, here is the google translation and the google cache."

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  1. Calling Dr. Hannibal... by MrWa · · Score: 5, Funny
    It presses in the Pinguino to go to the Forum of TorderaWireless...

    It also rubs the lotion on its' skin, or it gets the hose again...please do not be pressing in the penguin, as that excites the penguin too much.

    Thank you for your support.

  2. Re:Their word of warning by identity0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    God, that sounds like some bad tech support joke -

    (in Spanish):
    "Your hard drive failed, sir?"
    "Yes, yes, it was running fine just a few days ago, but now it won't read or write at all."
    "Hmm. Odd. Is the drive plugged in and installed properly?"
    "Yes, I immerssed it in a vat of vegetable oil."
    "..."(sound of head banging against wall)

    I wonder if that broke the warranty...