=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
=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
=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.