Hi!

No, we are not really planing much in advance. Sorry.


Mitar

> Any future dates so I can see a little of this in practice?
>
> On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Mitar <mitar@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@tnode.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> I do not think we really need something. Or probably we will figure what
>>>> 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 technologies
>>>> 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 just
>>>> 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 Oakland.
>>>>
>>>> Of course, we could start spreading the open network around Berkeley as
>>>> 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 can
>>>>> 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@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 map
>> of
>>>>>> all houses:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.bsc.coop/housing/map-directions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you are interested to help or learn, come around. Bring tools you
>>>>>> think might be useful. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My phone number is 510 717-4612.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mitar
>>>>>>
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>>>
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