mesh-talk March 2015

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14 discussions

by Martin

So far I have 4 of the Linksys routers running HSMM. Two are running PersonalTelco which don't seem to speak ethernet. I am looking for my JTAG cables and will try that. Does anyone have a cable know to work with Linksys? Is there any other ways to unbrick - over the air? Five AP's are WRAP54Gs and don't run HSMM. Should I just e-waste the WRAP54Gs or return them to sudoroom? There is an April 10 meeting of the East Bay Amateur Radio Club in El Sobrante with a speaker on ham mesh nets. I plan on attending and can drive others. I will tailgate the routers. There is varying degrees of interest in the ham community in microwave ham nets. Cal's radio club has a mesh running HSMM and I believe the NALCO (North Alemeda County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) has one. Some of the EBARC members are interested in getting something going. I'm not sure about the interest level among the Oakland club (ORCA) though I'm sure there are at least a few members that would mount their own nodes, possibly on masts. They also have a repeater with power, etc. on Grizzly Peak. I'm a ORCA and EBARC member and could invite someone to speak about sudomesh at a future meeting if interested. You might get some good help with development, testing and deployment, especially if you get into towers. This is a little long winded but I thought that there are some useful insights on broadband networking from neighbors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXWqVaWRQpw Sorry for the long post. Martin

9 years, 1 month

Re: [mesh-talk] Fwd: RE: April, from EFF and library project here

by yar

On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 6:45 AM, April Glaser <april.glaser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I did not think this was a public list. I thought it was closed and just a handful of us were on it and it was closed, like 95% of the mailing lists I am on. I'm trying to find a way to delete it from the archives, but if you received this, please delete it and definitely do not share it. Hey folks, I've deleted previous messages on this thread from the mailman archives. Please do not reply quoting earlier messages. Thanks. :)

9 years, 1 month

I'm in sudoroom

by Chris Stillson

if/when anyone gets here. Come get me if you get here. Chris

9 years, 1 month

Meeting tonight?

by Martin

9 years, 1 month

Node mount

by Marc Juul

Is anyone leading a node mount today? I won't be there to lead it. Someone was talking about treeherders location?

9 years, 1 month

Updating inventory

by Marc Juul

I started updating the inventory: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Inventory Feel free to add. Note that I pre-emptively added some gear that has been ordered but not received. -- marc/juul

9 years, 2 months

interest intake form

by April Glaser

hullo friends, so here's an interest intake form for PeoplesOpen.net. http://goo.gl/forms/hecWHP28QY any changes? once we are satisfied with our wordsmithing, we can post it online, under How to Help. let me know if y'all would like to make any changes. there is a way to embed the survey on the site, so when we're ready we can just post the embed code and not just a link :) once it's live, i can make it so that every time someone fills out the form a notification goes to info(a)sudomesh.org or to people's email accounts who are interested. i, for one, am going to just set up a folder so the responses don't crowd my inbox. good night, april

9 years, 2 months

Idea: Talking nodes!

by Marc Juul

I was thinking about how to make the experience of operating a node really smooth and engaging, and I thought: What if there was a big button right on top of the node that you could press and the node would tell help you troubleshoot? *press* <node> I am connected to one other mesh node via my dish antenna on the roof. I am connected to the Internet via the Internet connection in this home. I count four clients currently connected to the mesh through me. --- another home --- *press* <node> I am not connected to the mesh. I am not connected to the Internet but I remember being connected to the Internet only four hours ago. Please check that a cable is connected to my port labeled "Internet" and that the other end of the cable is plugged into one of the ports labeled LAN on your Internet router. I checked prices on aliexpress and I predict that it would cost about $4 per node plus some work to do this: Components: * USB Sound card $1.25 - http://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB-Sound-Card-7-1-Channel-3D-Audio-Sound-Ca… * Amplifier: $1.21 - http://www.aliexpress.com/item/1-PCS-Mini-Digital-For-Audio-Amplifier-Board… * Speaker with case: $0.96 - http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3-5mm-Audio-Portable-Wired-Multimedia-Speake… * Button (ok not very big, but best I could find cheap): $0.30 - http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10pcs-Push-Button-with-Cap-12x12-mm/19150748… or instead of the speaker and amp, just cut one of these in half and super-glue it to the top of the node: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mini-Portable-Hamburger-Speaker-Amplifier-Fo… For the My Net N600 there's likely a secondary unused USB inside of it where we can solder the sound card and tap power for the amplifier. I know this is kinda silly. We probably don't want to be doing this to a whole bunch of routers, but if we ever do a large enough custom order of mesh routers (e.g. crowdfunded) it might be cool to add this feature + if we show it off as something we're working on it could gain us some attention. For now I might make a prototype at some point. For software I'd go with pre-recorded messages that are combined as needed, since it will sounds _much_ nicer than speech synthesis. You can do 10 minutes of very nice sounding human voice in about 800 kB, so i think we could fit enough voice samples on there without running out of storage. fiverr.com is a good source for really inexpensive high quality voice acting talent. -- marc/juul

9 years, 2 months

Re: [mesh-talk] [Mesh] General Meeting Notes + Schedule shift!

by April Glaser

Hi all, I'm cool with trying to have the meeting on Tuesday, but can we please be prompt about our start time? It looks like on Tuesdays I have a neighborhood meeting that I need to attend regularly and get there by 9 at the very, very latest. If not, then can we discuss another time to have the general meeting? How's Mondays? Thanks, April On 3/7/15 6:09 PM, Jenny Ryan wrote: > Just what Max said :) > > I changed the list administrator to info(a)sudomesh.org - thanks! > > On 03/07/2015 06:00 PM, max b wrote: >> I think the idea is that there are a lot of people subscribed to the "mesh" >> list, and a significant number of them aren't in the east bay, or aren't >> actively participating in the project. If someone wants to ask whether or >> not there's a node mounting this sunday, and where it is, it might make >> more sense to ask that to the direct set of folks who are actively working >> on the project. That way we can keep the "mesh" list relatively low-traffic >> and interesting/worth subscribing to if you're not directly working on the >> project, but still have an avenue to communicate and archive those >> communications. >> >> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 5:58 PM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> Sorry if it is obvious, but what is the difference between "mesh" and >>> "mesh-talk" lists? >>> >>> >>> Mitar >>> >>>> Awesome - thanks! >>>> >>>> W/ regards to: >>>> >>>> Join our new 'talk' mailing list to stay up-to-date as we schedule: >>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh-talk - Or just join us every >>>>> Sunday at noon - we pack, prep and then leave from sudo! >>>> >>>> Can we be extra careful to make sure that all of the core members of the >>>> mesh group are admins of accounts like these? At the very least, perhaps >>>> the info(a)sudomesh.org email address could be added, so that anyone who >>> is >>>> getting those emails forwarded to them could do administrative functions? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Jenny Ryan <tunabananas(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> >>>>> We had an excellent meeting last week with lots of updates and >>>>> brainstorms on future plans. Two key announcements: >>>>> * We are trial-running a switch of our hacknights and meeting nights. >>>>> For now, we'll be having organizing meetings on Tuesdays in the ballroom >>>>> mezzanine, and firmware/dev hacknights on Thursdays in sudo room - >>> 7:30pm! >>>>> * We continue to plan and actively mount rooftop nodes every Sunday. >>>>> Join our new 'talk' mailing list to stay up-to-date as we schedule: >>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh-talk - Or just join us every >>>>> Sunday at noon - we pack, prep and then leave from sudo! >>>>> >>>>> More updates on technical and outreach progress + next steps in the >>> notes - >>>>> Full notes recorded for posterity at: >>>>> https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/26_February_2015 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Jenny >>>>> http://jennyryan.net >>>>> http://sudomesh.org >>>>> http://thevirtualcampfire.org >>>>> http://technomadic.tumblr.com >>>>> >>>>> `~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` >>>>> "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories." >>>>> -Laurie Anderson >>>>> >>>>> "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining >>> it." >>>>> -Hannah Arendt >>>>> >>>>> "To define is to kill. To suggest is to create." >>>>> -Stéphane Mallarmé >>>>> ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~` >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> mesh mailing list >>>>> mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> mesh mailing list >>>> mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org >>>> https://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh >>>> >>> -- >>> http://mitar.tnode.com/ >>> https://twitter.com/mitar_m >>> >

9 years, 2 months

Couldn't find the tools

by Chris Stillson

I couldn't find the security torx bits. I'll try to find them for Thursday. Needed them to open the dsl box to reroute the cable in rise above's space. C

9 years, 2 months

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