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 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(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 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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