[Mesh] Meeting Minutes 2/21

Meeting minutes are also archived here: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/21_February_2013 =Attendees= Mark, Juul, Jenny, Bill, Miguel, Dres =Debrief from Saturday's field trip= *Replaced router at the Bikery in San Antonio (1) and Matt's house in Fruitvale (2) *Installed new router at the Bikery's second location (in the same building as LOLspace) (3) *Scoped out the rooftop situation at the LOL/SOL building =Research= *Bill did [[ http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-February/000017.html research on OLSR / routing protocols] *Juul did [ http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-February/000021.html research on what's needed to do rooftop tests] =Equipment Needs= *Binoculars w/ built-in compass *Normal compasses if the above can't be procured *Tripods for mounting antennas *Wifi USB dongles *Wifi measuring device (from Ubiquiti) *Weather-resistent enclosures *Walkie talkies! =Ideas= *Wifi-based microwave interference detector *Ham certification gives you some privileges on the wifi frequencies (up to 50 watts!?) *Alameda island mesh network attempt: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.alameda *We should assess wifi rane in crappy weather conditions *Schools, libraries, city buildings =Needs Assessment= *How much equipment can we procure from donations? *DD-WRT and OpenWRT compliance with various kinds of routers =Sudo Room Inventory= *OpenMesh MR500 *1 Linksys WRT54GL v.1.1 (4 MB) *2 Linksys WAP54G v.3.1 (2 MB) =Action Items= *Research on outdoor weatherproof equipment **Jenny will talk to Commotion folks *Work on OpenITP proposal. *Work on proposal for OpenOakland / City of Oakland. --------- 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 ~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`~`