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30 Apr 2015 30 Apr '15

2:45 a.m.

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 -- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

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30 Apr 30 Apr

9:18 a.m.

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:

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Mitar

1 May 1 May

1:24 a.m.

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

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pansophia

2 May 2 May

12:52 p.m.

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:

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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

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:

-- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

Mitar

11:14 p.m.

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

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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

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:

-- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

pansophia

11:18 p.m.

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:

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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

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Mitar

11:27 p.m.

Hi! No, we are not really planing much in advance. Sorry. Mitar

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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:

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

organization.

-- http://mitar.tnode.com/ https://twitter.com/mitar_m

pansophia

11:30 p.m.

Ay caramba - well I'll keep watching for an opportunity then. T_T On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 11:27 PM, Mitar <mitar(a)tnode.com> wrote:

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Hi! No, we are not really planing much in advance. Sorry. Mitar

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

>>> 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

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