[Mesh] Meeting Minutes 6/27

Reposted on the wiki at: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/27_June_2013 Please add your own notes to this semi-scattered documentation! :) Remember we are also hanging regularly on #510pen on Freenode IRC! Attendees - Chris J, Jenny, Max, Juul, Luis, Adrian, Christie, Thomas New Action Items - Add your potential node to the map! - http://meshmap.sudoroom.org - Get batman-adv running at Hearth node, mesh with LiveLabs node - Next reportback on an active mesh - Jenny - Find some tall rooftops for Adrian to test TDMA point-to-multipoint links - Research resilient ethernet cable - Tune the OpenWRT settings on the new nodes for RTS / CTS and ACK timing - Brainstorm on name for the mesh! Old Action Items - Decide on name (some suggested options further down in the notes) - Research 501(c)x statuses: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Tax_Structure_Research - Put together a brochure / pamphlet - Website (contingent on name) - Splash page design - Glossary of terms (eg Fresnel zone, Hidden Node problem, etc) on the wiki - MaxB began: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Terms Announcements - Marc & Jenny set up the first two nodes at their home rooftops Report-backs - Marc reporting on Seattle Meshnet: - They are using cjdns and part of Project Meshnet - Hyperboria: mesh on top of the internet. like Tor. - Currently running an excellent - Bay Area Wireless Users Group (died awhile ago) Misc Notes - For every 10-20 street level nodes (2.4GHz) there will be one rooftop (5GHz) node - Ubiquiti Tough Cable - some batches of them weren't UV-resistant - Solve the hidden node problem with Non-Violent Communication for devices (make requests, send acknowledgments) - Alternatively, this has been solved with TDMA - but that's currently not available on Linux - Reflowing electronics - heat up a circuit board at the right temperature in a toaster oven to melt the solder and enable the joints to re-form - Adrian can port OpenWRT onto anything with an Atheros chip! - Using epoxy or ... - changes the wireless behavior - to manage outdoor wear & tear - Conformal coating - Two options: 1) Keep existing access point / connection or 2) create an entirely new access point - Not best idea for repeater node to be primary access point Crowdfunding Campaign - WePay currently stands at $1933.00 - 0.7319 Bitcoins! - Combined, that's $2,004.01! Potential Local Services - Local copy of Wikipedia - Access to Archive.org - Tidepools interactive map Web Resources - WISP Forums: http://www.wispforum.net/ - Tin Can Texting - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hubski/tin-can-text-messages-without-th… ---------- Jenny http://jennyryan.net http://thepyre.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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`