Yesterday, Marc, myself, and my new roommate Cameron successfully installed a NanoBridge at my apartment (phorzaith), and connected it to his node (Adeline Livelabs, described below) -- 0.57 km, line of sight down Adeline St. So far we are using the Ubiquiti firmware. I have downloaded files from his network, with a maximum throughput of 5.5 MB/sec -- nearly twice the download speed, and about 7 times the upload speed, I can achieve through my DSL Internet connection. This is the mesh's first 5GHz connection, and we expect it to be robust and persistent! Process: First, we went on my roof to see if we had line of sight from up there, but found that several slightly taller houses on my side of the street would be in the way. There are also limited opportunities for easy installation up there. However, we did note a few other potential targets for future nodes I could connect to: the California Hotel (being used as a halfway house), and the bodega on 34th and Adeline which has a nice tall tower that might be useful for getting across the MacArthur freeway. I can also see several neighbors' houses who might be friendly to the People's Open network. So we went back to the initial idea (picture attached), a dish above my front door. This has several advantages over the rooftop: it goes in front of the taller buildings (providing line-of-sight down the street), and is easier to access for installation and maintenance. We tested by attaching the NanoBridge to an 8' length of 2x3 lumber. Using the Ubiquiti firmware (and also the router's built-in indicator lights), we tested several antenna angles, and discovered that it was more forgiving than expected -- we were able to achieve a reasonable connection (2 MB/s) with as much as about a 25° angle (not tested thoroughly). Perhaps the signal does zigzag bounces off the fronts of houses along the street? We then made a more permanent installation, using a 10" and 7" length of 2x4 scrap lumber to attach to the wood side of the house. The NanoBridge is designed to allow easy vertical adjustment; if we find we need horizontal adjustment it will be easy to accomplish with shims. The installation is higher than the test, which has the advantages of fewer potential interfering objects, and also more difficult to access for any curiosity- or theft-motivated passersby. We also turned the router so its lights face the house and taped over them, so as to attract less attention to it. The cost was essentially no more than the NanoBridge; all other materials were stuff we had lying around (and very inexpensive if we did have to buy, under $10.) Bill of Materials: * One NanoBridge * One 7" length of scrap 2x4 lumber * One 10" length of scrap 2x4 lumber * One basic bookshelf bracket, 6" by 8" * 12 foot Cat 5e cable (standard; to be replaced with outdoor-grade cable ASAP) * One Power-over-Ethernet injector To do: * Make installation more permanent/less hackery (better cable, run the cable less conspicuously, paint the wood) * Design and implement network infrastructure (public/private); share network with neighbors * ??? * MESH THE PLA.NET -Pete On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Marc <marcjc(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ mesh mailing list mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh

I'm going to be in sf for 5mof tonight, however I'll have a car and can easily pickup tomorrow pretty much anytime if it didn't happen today. On Thursday, January 16, 2014, Somebody &lt;somebody(a)riseup.net&gt; wrote: -- ThanX, ;+) nburl.net/fort <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Fort> _______________________________________________ mesh mailing list mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh

Is there anybody in the grand lake / adams point area interested in starting a network there? I don't have good LOS except in a few directions, but could probably convince my landlord to allow a precarious roof install. Also dropped a pin noting where I think a good location for a node installation would be if we could get a permit: http://meshmap.sudoroom.org/select/macarthur-overpass/ otherwise could bounce down macarthur toward temescal and beyond to san pablo. cheers _______________________________________________ mesh mailing list mesh(a)lists.sudoroom.org <javascript:;> http://lists.sudoroom.org/listinfo/mesh