Re: [Mesh] Deployment of few links between houses in Berkeley

Any future dates so I can see a little of this in practice? On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote: > Hi! > > Oh. Sorry to hear this. > > We were not building towers, just putting nodes on existing structures > though. But we managed to put 6 nodes up between 4 houses. Really nice > success. And pretty nice collaboration between all the people involved, > more than 10 people came through the day. > > > Mitar > >> Wa, my Mesh plans are foiled again. T_T >> >> It turns out the friend I was waiting for is from Baltimore and has a > huge >> personal stake in recent events. We finally made arrangements to meet, > but >> I don't see how to fit my tower-building education in today. >> >> *cries* >> >> ~ Elisa >> >> On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> I do not think we really need something. Or probably we will figure

>>> we need when it will be too late. :-) >>> >>> I more thought that if you have already a backpack of tools you are >>> taking with you to such opportunities, just take it with you. >>> >>> The plan for the day is that we mostly put antennas on the roof. >>> Configuration and other things we will be probably doing some other >>> time. The roof is more tricky because we have to coordinate more. >>> Configuration can then be done as network managers in houses will have >>> time. >>> >>> Just to be clear, the BSC mesh network is reusing the same

>>> as many other mesh networks are, but it is not an open network in the >>> sense that everyone can connect to it. It is really mostly the idea

>>> to connect 20 houses of the cooperative together so that we can share >>> the same uplink connection. Maybe we could open the network to the >>> public at some later point, but that would probably require some >>> decision making process to happen at the level of the whole > organization. >>> >>> So in this way it differs from the amazing open network done in

>>> >>> Of course, we could start spreading the open network around Berkeley

>>> well. But that would probably be best done with exactly the same stack >>> as Oakland uses (or probably it can even be the same network). Just >>> nodes in Berkeley. >>> >>> >>> Mitar >>> >>>> I am very interested in seeing this in action, and perhaps this can >>> reboot >>>> my participation after my health setback. >>>> >>>> I don't have any tools I can bring personally, but I live across the >>> street >>>> from the South Berkeley tool library. Is there a small thing that I

>>>> check out? >>>> >>>> I believe the library opens at 10am, and I would actually have to >>> register >>>> first since I don't usually check out tools there. >>>> >>>> Also I would have to take the tool back to the library when I leave. >>>> >>>> ~ Elisa >>>> >>>> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 2:45 AM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> This Saturday we will be deploying few links for BSC mesh network >>>>> between few houses on the south side of the campus. >>>>> >>>>> We start at Wilde house at 10 AM. And we will work on Loth, Afro, >>>>> Castro, Sherman and Davis houses. Here you have addresses and the