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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