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:
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
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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