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Mesh/18 April 2017

2017-04-23T19:28:34Z

Andrewdollard:

Mesh/11 April 2017

2017-04-23T19:28:14Z

Andrewdollard: Created page with "People's Open Network 11 April 2017 = intros = * jehan: dashboard, talked to business people today * grant: hacking on some firmware, talked to business people today, new peo..."

People's Open Network
11 April 2017

= intros =
* jehan: dashboard, talked to business people today
* grant: hacking on some firmware, talked to business people today, new people can talk to me
* kareem: disrupt things and help people disrupt things... something about pirates.
* bullet: i do what i want
* charles/cel: i also sometimes do whatever i want. i'm trying to put scuttlebutt stuff on the mesh
* jeff (jefdaj): i also work on scuttlebutt stuff. maybe we can set up a node on my roof on sunday
* lesley: i do some things. i try to do other things that then don't work.
* arthur: quality assurance
* jorrit: i'm jorrit. i just got here. been working on editing wikis so people can get started easier. been playing with ESP866. if anyone wants to get an intro, just come see grant.
* daniel its ok w/no presentation. :)

= general / announcements =

* board meeting Monday 4/17 at 7:30 PM
** will will send out a pre-read with bylaws and last year's meeting minutes
** should we get director and officer's insurance? will discuss at meeting

= updates =

== hardware / installation ==

=== Omni neighbors debrief ===

jehan: went to rent a relic. will choose it because of the dinosaur. they were pretty negative. went to reed brother's and talked to the owner and he was really cool about it.
jorrit: how did you represent is?
jehan: Non-profit wireless ISP who brings free internet access to anyone who needs it
jorrit: free vs open?
<discussion about how to represent it>
jorrit: when i hear free i hear advertising. free is like negative money.
juul: community owned and operated, distributed infastructure
We need to talk more about messaging.
Will passed around our business cards. Will to order more cards (get consensus on wording first)
People want will to order more business cards.

=== Will's node install debrief ===

42nd street nodes installed on roof - 2 ubiquiti m2s

Will: Really steep roof. My friend's a climber and used to install solar on roofs. He taught me how to walk the ridge. We put two ubiquiti nanostation M2s. One pointing down 42nd towards telegraph. The other one I pointed straight towards Omni. That one you can get two blocks up on 44th st.

=== Jeff install status? ===
Hopes to do it this coming weekend, can't say for sure but probably.

=== gate project update ==

Mike came and measured the place. Mike needs where gate will be area to be cleared up by monday. estimate, very rough one, about 200 bucks.-new wood.

== software ==

* Dashboard status
* CI attempt: Andy
* Hack on installing new dashboard Sunday

== SSB ==

Working on having automated raspberry pi SSB builders. The actual install of the raspi with the wifi works and cel is just now adding the SSB stuff. This is also separate from the mesh.

== off-grid solar ==

Solar is cheap. Craigslist can get you lightly used panels for 50 cents per watt. Urban Ore has new panels for 60 cents per watt right now.

juul got a single 255 watt panel with a 30.5v MPP output voltage.

You can get cheap MPPT solar charge controllers on ebay for ~$35 than can handle two of these panels. Then all you need is batteries (and those will likely end up costing more than all of the rest) and you may need high power buck converters to convert the battery voltage to whatever voltage you actually need. E.g. 19 volts for laptops, 10.5 to 26 volts for ubiquiti gear and 4.5v to 23v for the My Net N600 nodes. More info here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Power

adjustable voltage buck converters are cheap. Here's one that can do 8-40v input and 1.25 to 36v output at max 8 amp max 300 watts: https://www. aliexpress .com/item/1pcs-Professional-Step-down-Power-DC-DC-CC-CV-Buck-Converter-Supply-Module-8-40V-To

or if you use 12v (or 6v or 3v) batteries then you will probably only need a boost convert and only for e.g. you laptop.

I have not tested this model yet but ordered some and will report back when they arrive. They are probably ~85% efficient.

The cheap MPPT controllers are called MPT-7210A and handle up to 600 watts. They can only take up to 30 volt input and have a small issue with freaking out when heavy clouds pass over and then taking ~10 seconds to start up again, but both issues can be fixed by simply swapping out capacitors (search youtube for info on this). With this capacitor mod you can run two 255 watt panels in serial. Without the mod you can run them in parallel (more cabling, lower voltage, more loss).

= discussion -

good place to mount nodes: satellite dish j-pole

== communications ==

Manylabs folks have been Invited to have a booth at Civic Center to showcase Manylabs for the March for Science. Should we be there?

Set up is 4/22, 9:30am, then hang out from 10am-6pm.

If we show up, can we help set up and/or tear down the booth?

Email Dvorit by Friday, 4/14!

"Outside of LAN" means outside of individual nodes

Mesh/Minutes

2017-04-23T19:27:32Z

Andrewdollard:

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Past Meeting Notes
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! data-sort-type="isoDate" | date
! class="unsortable" | comments
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| [[Mesh/18_April_2017|2017-04-18]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
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| [[Mesh/11_April_2017|2017-04-11]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
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|-
| [[Mesh/4_April_2017|2017-04-04]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/28_March_2017|2017-03-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_March_2017|2017-03-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/14_March_2017|2017-03-14]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_March_2017|2017-03-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_February_2017|2017-02-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_February_2017|2017-02-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_February_2017|2017-02-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_February_2017|2017-02-07]]
| Organizing "Build Your Own Internet" Workshop
|-
| [[Mesh/05_July_2016|2016-07-05]]
| Videochat meeting with nycmesh
|-
| [[Mesh/22_June_2016|2016-06-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_June_2016|2016-06-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/23_February_2016|2016-02-23]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_February_2016|2016-02-09]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_February_2016|2016-02-02]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_January_2016|2016-01-26]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/27_October_2015|2015-10-27]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/06_October_2015|2015-10-06]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/29_September_2015|2015-09-29]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/22_September_2015|2015-09-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_September_2015|2015-09-15]]
| Second annual board meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/08_September_2015|2015-09-08]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/01_September_2015|2015-09-01]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_April_2015|2015-04-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_March_2015|2015-03-26]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_March_2015|2015-03-17]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_March_2015|2015-03-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_February_2015|2015-02-26]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_February_2015|2015-02-24]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/19_February_2015|2015-02-19]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/05_February_2015|2015-02-05]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/03_February_2015|2015-02-04]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/29_January_2015|2015-01-29]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_January_2015|2015-01-24]]
| Mesh mini-retreat
|-
| [[Mesh/22_January_2015|2015-01-22]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_January_2015|2015-01-15]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/30_December_2014|2014-12-30]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/18_December_2014|2014-12-18]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/13_November_2014|2014-11-13]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_October_2014|2014-10-21]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/16_October_2014|2014-10-16]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_October_2014|2014-10-09]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_October_2014|2014-10-02]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/25_September_2014|2014-09-25]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_August_2014|2014-08-28]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_August_2014|2014-08-21]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/07_August_2014|2014-08-07]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/31_July_2014|2014-07-31]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_July_2014|2014-07-17]]
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| [[Mesh/15_July_2014|2014-07-15]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/10_July_2014|2014-07-10]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/06_July_2014|2014-07-06]]
| Hackathon Day 2!
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| [[Mesh/05_July_2014|2014-07-05]]
| Hackathon Day 1!
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| [[Mesh/03_July_2014|2014-07-03]]
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|-
| [[Mesh/12_June_2014|2014-06-12]]
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| [[Mesh/05_June_2014|2014-06-05]]
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|-
|-
| [[Mesh/29_May_2014|2014-05-29]]
| General meeting
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| [[Mesh/27_May_2014|2014-05-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_May_2014|2014-05-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_May_2014|2014-05-13]]
| First Tuesday meeting ^.^
|-
| [[Mesh/08_May_2014|2014-05-08]]
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| [[Mesh/01_May_2014|2014-05-01]]
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| [[Mesh/24_April_2014|2014-04-24]]
| General meeting!
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| [[Mesh/17_April_2014|2014-04-17]]
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| [[Mesh/03_April_2014|2014-04-03]]
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| [[Mesh/27_March_2014|2014-03-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_March_2014|2014-03-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_March_2014|2014-03-13]]
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| [[Mesh/27_February_2014|2014-02-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_February_2014|2014-02-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_February_2014|2014-02-13]]
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| [[Mesh/6_February_2014|2014-02-06]]
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| [[Mesh/30_January_2014|2014-01-30]]
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| [[Mesh/23_January_2014|2014-01-23]]
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| [[Mesh/16_January_2014|2014-01-16]]
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| 31 December - 09 January
| Holidaze Break
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| [[Mesh/26_December_2013|2013-12-26]]
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| [[Mesh/19_December_2013|2013-12-19]]
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| [[Mesh/12_December_2013|2013-12-12]]
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| [[Mesh/5_December_2013|2013-12-05]]
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| [[Mesh/21_November_2013|2013-11-21]]
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| [[Mesh/14_November_2013|2013-11-14]]
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| [[Mesh/07_November_2013|2013-11-07]]
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| [[Mesh/31_October_2013|2013-10-31]]
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| [[Mesh/24_October_2013|2013-10-24]]
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| [[Mesh/17_October_2013|2013-10-17]]
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| [[Mesh/10_October_2013|2013-10-10]]
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| [[Mesh/26_September_2013|2013-09-26]]
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| [[Mesh/18_September_2013|2013-09-18]]
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| [[Mesh/11_September_2013|2013-09-11]]
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| [[Mesh/4_September_2013|2013-09-04]]
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| [[Mesh/28_August_2013|2013-08-28]]
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| 07 August - 21 August
| Hack nights!
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| [[Mesh/31_July_2013|2013-07-31]]
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| [[Mesh/25_July_2013|2013-07-25]]
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| 18 July 2013
| Hack night: Flashing, firmware
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| [[Mesh/11_July_2013|2013-07-11]]
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| [[Mesh/04_July_2013|2013-07-04]]
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| [[Mesh/27_June_2013|2013-06-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_June_2013|2013-06-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_June_2013|2013-06-13]]
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| 30 May - 05 June
| Hack nights! Trying out some of the nicer Ubiquiti equipment we procured
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| [[Mesh/23_May_2013|2013-05-23]]
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| [[Mesh/09_May_2013|2013-05-09]]
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| 25 April - 02 May
| Hack nights! See wiki for documentation - principally going through <br>donated routers, flashing them with OpenWRT and installing batman-adv.
|-
| [[Mesh/18_April_2013|2013-04-18]]
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| [[Mesh/11_April_2013|2013-04-11]]
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| 28 March - 04 April
| SPRING SHIFT HIATUS
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| [[Mesh/21_March_2013|2013-03-21]]
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| [[Mesh/07_March_2013|2013-03-07]]
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| [[Mesh/28_February_2013|2013-02-28]]
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| [[Mesh/21_February_2013|2013-02-21]]
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| [[Mesh/14_February_2013|2013-02-14]]
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| [[Mesh/7_February_2013|2013-02-07]]
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|-
| [http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-January/000000.html 2013-01-31]
|
|}

Mesh/18 April 2017

2017-04-23T19:26:34Z

Andrewdollard: Created page with "people's open network hacknight - 18 April 2017 = intros = * marc juul * scott garrison, nanomonkey: getting back into using IRC * jorrit: made some changes to the peoplesope..."

people's open network hacknight - 18 April 2017

= intros =
* marc juul
* scott garrison, nanomonkey: getting back into using IRC
* jorrit: made some changes to the peoplesopen.net site. figuring out how to get ESP8266 to work.
* jeff / jefdaj: wants to put stuff on roofs
* obed - software engineer. family from haiti so understands importance of offgrid comms, been in the bay area for about a year.
* jenny
* eve
* lesley
* dave - cryptorights, working on global mesh project

= updates =

== grant firmware update ==

Been updating firmware to include Jehan's new dashboard. Firmware is working (it was a permissions issue). Need to test one more time.

== eve gate update ==

Did not hear back from the person who was going to help install the gate. Daniel is away. Eve will loop in Marc on the Signal thread and we will ping this person again to see if they're still up for helping.
* marc welded a sweet sign for mesh! ^_^

== peoplesopen.network ==

We now have the domain peoplsopen.network
We could get open.network (and thus peoples.open.network) but it's expensive so meh.

== entity stuff ==
* jenny will start a thread to discuss whether we should take over old-omni's 501c3 or submit an independent 1023 app for 501c3 status

== off-griddy-ness ==
* juul: I'm working more on off-grid power stuff. if anyone wants to work on this, have all the materials for an offgrid node setup using a 12V car battery, long speaker cable, cigarette lighter plugin, etc
* https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Power for specs
* see also: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/DisasterRadio

= action items =
* talk to b&g to get a quote for D&O insurance [jenny]
* create an issue on the github to set up an etherpad-lite instance on the sudo server [jenny]
* update inventory infoz - https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Inventory
* put next BYOI workshop on calendar [jenny]

---

People's Open Network
11 April 2017

= intros =
* jehan: dashboard, talked to business people today
* grant: hacking on some firmware, talked to business people today, new people can talk to me
* kareem: disrupt things and help people disrupt things... something about pirates.
* bullet: i do what i want
* charles/cel: i also sometimes do whatever i want. i'm trying to put scuttlebutt stuff on the mesh
* jeff (jefdaj): i also work on scuttlebutt stuff. maybe we can set up a node on my roof on sunday
* lesley: i do some things. i try to do other things that then don't work.
* arthur: quality assurance
* jorrit: i'm jorrit. i just got here. been working on editing wikis so people can get started easier. been playing with ESP866. if anyone wants to get an intro, just come see grant.
* daniel its ok w/no presentation. :)

= general / announcements =

* board meeting Monday 4/17 at 7:30 PM
** will will send out a pre-read with bylaws and last year's meeting minutes
** should we get director and officer's insurance? will discuss at meeting

= updates =

== hardware / installation ==

=== Omni neighbors debrief ===

jehan: went to rent a relic. will choose it because of the dinosaur. they were pretty negative. went to reed brother's and talked to the owner and he was really cool about it.
jorrit: how did you represent is?
jehan: Non-profit wireless ISP who brings free internet access to anyone who needs it
jorrit: free vs open?
<discussion about how to represent it>
jorrit: when i hear free i hear advertising. free is like negative money.
juul: community owned and operated, distributed infastructure
We need to talk more about messaging.
Will passed around our business cards. Will to order more cards (get consensus on wording first)
People want will to order more business cards.

=== Will's node install debrief ===

42nd street nodes installed on roof - 2 ubiquiti m2s

Will: Really steep roof. My friend's a climber and used to install solar on roofs. He taught me how to walk the ridge. We put two ubiquiti nanostation M2s. One pointing down 42nd towards telegraph. The other one I pointed straight towards Omni. That one you can get two blocks up on 44th st.

=== Jeff install status? ===
Hopes to do it this coming weekend, can't say for sure but probably.

=== gate project update ==

Mike came and measured the place. Mike needs where gate will be area to be cleared up by monday. estimate, very rough one, about 200 bucks.-new wood.

== software ==

* Dashboard status
* CI attempt: Andy
* Hack on installing new dashboard Sunday

== SSB ==

Working on having automated raspberry pi SSB builders. The actual install of the raspi with the wifi works and cel is just now adding the SSB stuff. This is also separate from the mesh.

== off-grid solar ==

Solar is cheap. Craigslist can get you lightly used panels for 50 cents per watt. Urban Ore has new panels for 60 cents per watt right now.

juul got a single 255 watt panel with a 30.5v MPP output voltage.

You can get cheap MPPT solar charge controllers on ebay for ~$35 than can handle two of these panels. Then all you need is batteries (and those will likely end up costing more than all of the rest) and you may need high power buck converters to convert the battery voltage to whatever voltage you actually need. E.g. 19 volts for laptops, 10.5 to 26 volts for ubiquiti gear and 4.5v to 23v for the My Net N600 nodes. More info here: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Power

adjustable voltage buck converters are cheap. Here's one that can do 8-40v input and 1.25 to 36v output at max 8 amp max 300 watts: https://www. aliexpress .com/item/1pcs-Professional-Step-down-Power-DC-DC-CC-CV-Buck-Converter-Supply-Module-8-40V-To

or if you use 12v (or 6v or 3v) batteries then you will probably only need a boost convert and only for e.g. you laptop.

I have not tested this model yet but ordered some and will report back when they arrive. They are probably ~85% efficient.

The cheap MPPT controllers are called MPT-7210A and handle up to 600 watts. They can only take up to 30 volt input and have a small issue with freaking out when heavy clouds pass over and then taking ~10 seconds to start up again, but both issues can be fixed by simply swapping out capacitors (search youtube for info on this). With this capacitor mod you can run two 255 watt panels in serial. Without the mod you can run them in parallel (more cabling, lower voltage, more loss).

= discussion -

good place to mount nodes: satellite dish j-pole

== communications ==

Manylabs folks have been Invited to have a booth at Civic Center to showcase Manylabs for the March for Science. Should we be there?

Set up is 4/22, 9:30am, then hang out from 10am-6pm.

If we show up, can we help set up and/or tear down the booth?

Email Dvorit by Friday, 4/14!

"Outside of LAN" means outside of individual nodes

Mesh/Minutes

2017-04-23T19:24:10Z

Andrewdollard:

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Past Meeting Notes
|-
! data-sort-type="isoDate" | date
! class="unsortable" | comments
|-
| [[Mesh/18_April_2017|2017-04-18]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/4_April_2017|2017-04-04]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/28_March_2017|2017-03-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_March_2017|2017-03-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/14_March_2017|2017-03-14]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_March_2017|2017-03-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_February_2017|2017-02-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_February_2017|2017-02-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_February_2017|2017-02-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_February_2017|2017-02-07]]
| Organizing "Build Your Own Internet" Workshop
|-
| [[Mesh/05_July_2016|2016-07-05]]
| Videochat meeting with nycmesh
|-
| [[Mesh/22_June_2016|2016-06-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_June_2016|2016-06-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/23_February_2016|2016-02-23]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_February_2016|2016-02-09]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_February_2016|2016-02-02]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_January_2016|2016-01-26]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/27_October_2015|2015-10-27]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/06_October_2015|2015-10-06]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/29_September_2015|2015-09-29]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/22_September_2015|2015-09-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_September_2015|2015-09-15]]
| Second annual board meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/08_September_2015|2015-09-08]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/01_September_2015|2015-09-01]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_April_2015|2015-04-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_March_2015|2015-03-26]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_March_2015|2015-03-17]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_March_2015|2015-03-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_February_2015|2015-02-26]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_February_2015|2015-02-24]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/19_February_2015|2015-02-19]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/05_February_2015|2015-02-05]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/03_February_2015|2015-02-04]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/29_January_2015|2015-01-29]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_January_2015|2015-01-24]]
| Mesh mini-retreat
|-
| [[Mesh/22_January_2015|2015-01-22]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_January_2015|2015-01-15]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/30_December_2014|2014-12-30]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/18_December_2014|2014-12-18]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/13_November_2014|2014-11-13]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_October_2014|2014-10-21]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/16_October_2014|2014-10-16]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_October_2014|2014-10-09]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_October_2014|2014-10-02]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/25_September_2014|2014-09-25]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_August_2014|2014-08-28]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_August_2014|2014-08-21]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/07_August_2014|2014-08-07]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/31_July_2014|2014-07-31]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_July_2014|2014-07-17]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/15_July_2014|2014-07-15]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/10_July_2014|2014-07-10]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/06_July_2014|2014-07-06]]
| Hackathon Day 2!
|-
| [[Mesh/05_July_2014|2014-07-05]]
| Hackathon Day 1!
|-
| [[Mesh/03_July_2014|2014-07-03]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/12_June_2014|2014-06-12]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/05_June_2014|2014-06-05]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/29_May_2014|2014-05-29]]
| General meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/27_May_2014|2014-05-27]]
|
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| [[Mesh/20_May_2014|2014-05-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_May_2014|2014-05-13]]
| First Tuesday meeting ^.^
|-
| [[Mesh/08_May_2014|2014-05-08]]
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| [[Mesh/01_May_2014|2014-05-01]]
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| [[Mesh/24_April_2014|2014-04-24]]
| General meeting!
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| [[Mesh/17_April_2014|2014-04-17]]
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| [[Mesh/03_April_2014|2014-04-03]]
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| [[Mesh/27_March_2014|2014-03-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_March_2014|2014-03-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_March_2014|2014-03-13]]
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| [[Mesh/27_February_2014|2014-02-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_February_2014|2014-02-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_February_2014|2014-02-13]]
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| [[Mesh/6_February_2014|2014-02-06]]
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| [[Mesh/30_January_2014|2014-01-30]]
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| [[Mesh/23_January_2014|2014-01-23]]
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| [[Mesh/16_January_2014|2014-01-16]]
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| 31 December - 09 January
| Holidaze Break
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| [[Mesh/26_December_2013|2013-12-26]]
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| [[Mesh/19_December_2013|2013-12-19]]
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| [[Mesh/12_December_2013|2013-12-12]]
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| [[Mesh/5_December_2013|2013-12-05]]
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| [[Mesh/21_November_2013|2013-11-21]]
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| [[Mesh/14_November_2013|2013-11-14]]
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| [[Mesh/07_November_2013|2013-11-07]]
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| [[Mesh/31_October_2013|2013-10-31]]
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| [[Mesh/24_October_2013|2013-10-24]]
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| [[Mesh/17_October_2013|2013-10-17]]
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| [[Mesh/10_October_2013|2013-10-10]]
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| [[Mesh/26_September_2013|2013-09-26]]
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| [[Mesh/18_September_2013|2013-09-18]]
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| [[Mesh/11_September_2013|2013-09-11]]
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| [[Mesh/4_September_2013|2013-09-04]]
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| [[Mesh/28_August_2013|2013-08-28]]
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|-
| 07 August - 21 August
| Hack nights!
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| [[Mesh/31_July_2013|2013-07-31]]
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| [[Mesh/25_July_2013|2013-07-25]]
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| 18 July 2013
| Hack night: Flashing, firmware
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| [[Mesh/11_July_2013|2013-07-11]]
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| [[Mesh/04_July_2013|2013-07-04]]
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| [[Mesh/27_June_2013|2013-06-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_June_2013|2013-06-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_June_2013|2013-06-13]]
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|-
| 30 May - 05 June
| Hack nights! Trying out some of the nicer Ubiquiti equipment we procured
|-
| [[Mesh/23_May_2013|2013-05-23]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/09_May_2013|2013-05-09]]
|
|-
| 25 April - 02 May
| Hack nights! See wiki for documentation - principally going through <br>donated routers, flashing them with OpenWRT and installing batman-adv.
|-
| [[Mesh/18_April_2013|2013-04-18]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/11_April_2013|2013-04-11]]
|
|-
| 28 March - 04 April
| SPRING SHIFT HIATUS
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| [[Mesh/21_March_2013|2013-03-21]]
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| [[Mesh/07_March_2013|2013-03-07]]
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| [[Mesh/28_February_2013|2013-02-28]]
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| [[Mesh/21_February_2013|2013-02-21]]
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| [[Mesh/14_February_2013|2013-02-14]]
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| [[Mesh/7_February_2013|2013-02-07]]
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| [http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-January/000000.html 2013-01-31]
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|}

4 April 2017

2017-04-05T04:36:21Z

Andrewdollard: Blanked the page

Mesh/4 April 2017

2017-04-05T04:35:32Z

Andrewdollard: Created page with "People's Open Network 4 April 2017to = intros = andrew, juul, jorrit, ian? josh: never played with mesh networks but curious eve, daniel, jeff, lesley = updates = Mike, carp..."

People's Open Network
4 April 2017to
= intros =

andrew, juul, jorrit, ian?
josh: never played with mesh networks but curious
eve, daniel, jeff, lesley

= updates =
Mike, carpenter friend of Daniel, confirmed today that will be helping build the gate at the server area.

== NSF Grant (competition?) ==+

* Panel in Oakland: POSTPONED until unknown date in the summer.
* juul let them know we're willing to help out in various ways
* https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/03/07/2-million-prize-building-accessible-internet/

== RESIST grant: Jenny ==

Due this Friday

== Dashboard/firmware update ==

jehan: The dashboard has reached a good stopping point, and grant knows how to deploy it. I'll be back at sudo this Sunday to do a final QA on it to make sure it is ok. cool, am looking into where/when to insert the new repo in the firmware build, makefiles based off wlan slovenia

== battlemesh ==

Jehan: I want to look into bringing some of our many n600's to battle mesh and helping them set up their testbed. Also, what about taking another stab at getting some good confirmed connectivity at some of the houses around the omni?

== NPR interview update? ==

He's still working on it. Monday he requested I connect him to Mitar, which I did.

== New installation updates? ==

Jake took a long pre-crimped ethernet cable from the shelf and will fix his new node (had loose connection).

== Disaster Radio update ==

Started working on an ESP8266-based version using NodeMCU here: https://github.com/sudomesh/disaster-radio-nodemcu
grant interested in helping out, building modules?

We have a working system and development framework that so far does: wifi, dhcp server, dns server and webserver serving up a node.js app

juul will be adding a new access point to the people's open net home node firmware

== Monitoring / map software update ==

* No code progress since last week.
* Had discussion on Sunday about node mapping:
: For now we should simply have a "register your node" feature on the map where you can add your email, phone and node location (all optional)
: In the future we might want better
* Need to deploy to server.
* Andrew interested in working on it?

== inventory security: gate project update ==
daniel has a carpenter friend he's gonna ask to help out

== Annual meeting: April 18, 7:30 ==

juul will ask if jenny wants to send invite

Need to send email

== Discussion of working groups / nominations of facilitators ==
lesley: everyone is contributing to multiple things overlapping with the proposed subgroups, why do we need this?
jorrit says he is talking a lot... is interested in taking lead for on-boarding possible contributors
eve: what's the branding of people's open
lesley: decentralized, without leaders, without surviellance, be clearer on messaging
grant: scalable collectivisation

create node mounting group, jeff volunteered his house for a node mounting demo, Sunday 1pm, BRING YO BIKE HELMETS
we don't have a tall ladder, or van?

daniel: we should make sure we do our installations right. so they look nice.

4 April 2017

2017-04-05T04:34:25Z

Mesh/Minutes

2017-04-05T04:34:08Z

Andrewdollard:

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
! colspan="2"| Past Meeting Notes
|-
! data-sort-type="isoDate" | date
! class="unsortable" | comments
|-
| [[Mesh/4_April_2017|2017-04-04]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/28_March_2017|2017-03-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_March_2017|2017-03-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/14_March_2017|2017-03-14]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_March_2017|2017-03-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_February_2017|2017-02-28]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_February_2017|2017-02-21]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_February_2017|2017-02-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_February_2017|2017-02-07]]
| Organizing "Build Your Own Internet" Workshop
|-
| [[Mesh/05_July_2016|2016-07-05]]
| Videochat meeting with nycmesh
|-
| [[Mesh/22_June_2016|2016-06-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_June_2016|2016-06-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/23_February_2016|2016-02-23]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_February_2016|2016-02-09]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_February_2016|2016-02-02]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_January_2016|2016-01-26]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/27_October_2015|2015-10-27]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/06_October_2015|2015-10-06]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/29_September_2015|2015-09-29]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/22_September_2015|2015-09-22]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_September_2015|2015-09-15]]
| Second annual board meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/08_September_2015|2015-09-08]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/01_September_2015|2015-09-01]]
| Monthly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/07_April_2015|2015-04-07]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_March_2015|2015-03-26]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_March_2015|2015-03-17]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/10_March_2015|2015-03-10]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/26_February_2015|2015-02-26]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_February_2015|2015-02-24]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/19_February_2015|2015-02-19]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/05_February_2015|2015-02-05]]
| Weekly organizing meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/03_February_2015|2015-02-04]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/29_January_2015|2015-01-29]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/24_January_2015|2015-01-24]]
| Mesh mini-retreat
|-
| [[Mesh/22_January_2015|2015-01-22]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/15_January_2015|2015-01-15]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/30_December_2014|2014-12-30]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/18_December_2014|2014-12-18]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/13_November_2014|2014-11-13]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_October_2014|2014-10-21]]
| Hacknight
|-
| [[Mesh/16_October_2014|2014-10-16]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/09_October_2014|2014-10-09]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/02_October_2014|2014-10-02]]
| Weekly general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/25_September_2014|2014-09-25]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/28_August_2014|2014-08-28]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/21_August_2014|2014-08-21]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/07_August_2014|2014-08-07]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/31_July_2014|2014-07-31]]
| Big general meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/17_July_2014|2014-07-17]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/15_July_2014|2014-07-15]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/10_July_2014|2014-07-10]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/06_July_2014|2014-07-06]]
| Hackathon Day 2!
|-
| [[Mesh/05_July_2014|2014-07-05]]
| Hackathon Day 1!
|-
| [[Mesh/03_July_2014|2014-07-03]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/12_June_2014|2014-06-12]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/05_June_2014|2014-06-05]]
|
|-
|-
| [[Mesh/29_May_2014|2014-05-29]]
| General meeting
|-
| [[Mesh/27_May_2014|2014-05-27]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/20_May_2014|2014-05-20]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/13_May_2014|2014-05-13]]
| First Tuesday meeting ^.^
|-
| [[Mesh/08_May_2014|2014-05-08]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/01_May_2014|2014-05-01]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/24_April_2014|2014-04-24]]
| General meeting!
|-
| [[Mesh/17_April_2014|2014-04-17]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/03_April_2014|2014-04-03]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/27_March_2014|2014-03-27]]
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|-
| [[Mesh/20_March_2014|2014-03-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_March_2014|2014-03-13]]
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| [[Mesh/27_February_2014|2014-02-27]]
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| [[Mesh/20_February_2014|2014-02-20]]
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| [[Mesh/13_February_2014|2014-02-13]]
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| [[Mesh/6_February_2014|2014-02-06]]
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| [[Mesh/30_January_2014|2014-01-30]]
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| [[Mesh/23_January_2014|2014-01-23]]
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|-
| [[Mesh/16_January_2014|2014-01-16]]
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|-
| 31 December - 09 January
| Holidaze Break
|-
| [[Mesh/26_December_2013|2013-12-26]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/19_December_2013|2013-12-19]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/12_December_2013|2013-12-12]]
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| [[Mesh/5_December_2013|2013-12-05]]
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| [[Mesh/21_November_2013|2013-11-21]]
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| [[Mesh/14_November_2013|2013-11-14]]
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| [[Mesh/07_November_2013|2013-11-07]]
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| [[Mesh/31_October_2013|2013-10-31]]
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| [[Mesh/24_October_2013|2013-10-24]]
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| [[Mesh/17_October_2013|2013-10-17]]
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| [[Mesh/10_October_2013|2013-10-10]]
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| [[Mesh/26_September_2013|2013-09-26]]
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| [[Mesh/18_September_2013|2013-09-18]]
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| [[Mesh/11_September_2013|2013-09-11]]
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| [[Mesh/4_September_2013|2013-09-04]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/28_August_2013|2013-08-28]]
|
|-
| 07 August - 21 August
| Hack nights!
|-
| [[Mesh/31_July_2013|2013-07-31]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/25_July_2013|2013-07-25]]
|
|-
| 18 July 2013
| Hack night: Flashing, firmware
|-
| [[Mesh/11_July_2013|2013-07-11]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/04_July_2013|2013-07-04]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/27_June_2013|2013-06-27]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/20_June_2013|2013-06-20]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/13_June_2013|2013-06-13]]
|
|-
| 30 May - 05 June
| Hack nights! Trying out some of the nicer Ubiquiti equipment we procured
|-
| [[Mesh/23_May_2013|2013-05-23]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/09_May_2013|2013-05-09]]
|
|-
| 25 April - 02 May
| Hack nights! See wiki for documentation - principally going through <br>donated routers, flashing them with OpenWRT and installing batman-adv.
|-
| [[Mesh/18_April_2013|2013-04-18]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/11_April_2013|2013-04-11]]
|
|-
| 28 March - 04 April
| SPRING SHIFT HIATUS
|-
| [[Mesh/21_March_2013|2013-03-21]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/07_March_2013|2013-03-07]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/28_February_2013|2013-02-28]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/21_February_2013|2013-02-21]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/14_February_2013|2013-02-14]]
|
|-
| [[Mesh/7_February_2013|2013-02-07]]
|
|-
| [http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-January/000000.html 2013-01-31]
|
|}

Mesh/WalkThrough

2016-12-10T21:39:57Z

Andrewdollard:

This a walkthrough for flashing a node with the sudomesh firmware and then configuring it with makenode. At the end of the walkthrough, you'll be able to plug in your router and join the mesh. The walkthrough assumes you're using a linux-ish (OSX should mostly work) OS and that you have [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal basic knowledge of the terminal]. The basic idea of getting a node (router) on the mesh consists of flashing (copying files to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory flash memory]) an operating system to the node and then using a software configurator finish setup.

If you do not want to use a per-compiled OpenWRT image, you can build your own from scratch using this how to: [[Mesh/Build An OpenWRT Image]]

Before you flash your router it is recommended that you read the [[Home and extender nodes#Home_nodes|Home node info]] to find out the router works as a mesh node.

= Preparing Your Laptop =

You will need to install the dependencies for the [https://github.com/sudomesh/makenode makenode] utility developed by the SudoMesh project.

== Linux ==

If you are working with a fresh installation of Ubuntu Linux, you will need to install a few pieces of software.
To install them, open your terminal and type the following commands.

sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install npm
sudo apt-get install dropbear

== Mac ==

Install the [http://brew.sh/ Homebrew] package manager, then install the required binaries.

brew install nodejs
brew install git
brew install npm
brew install dropbear
brew install gnu-tar

== Windows ==

For the moment, Windows users will have to figure out some of these steps on their own. Completing this process from a Windows machine has not been tested.

* Install [https://nodejs.org/en/download/ NodeJS ] - Make sure to install the 'npm package manager', and select to 'Add to Path'
* Install [https://git-scm.com/download/win Git]
* Install Dropbear (no known ports for Windows)

= Install OpenWRT on your Router =

== Download the Sudomesh OpenWRT Image File For a Supported Router ==

Sudomesh firmware images can be found at [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/ https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/]

At the moment, we are supporting the following routers for home nodes:

{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Model No. !! OpenWRT Doc !! Firmware Image
|-
| TP-Link WDR3500 || || [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3500 OpenWRT Docs] || [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr3500-v1-squashfs-factory.bin firmware image]
|-
| TP-Link WDR3600 || || [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr3600 OpenWRT Docs] || [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr3600-v1-squashfs-factory.bin firmware image]
|-
| TP-Link WDR4300 || || [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300 OpenWRT Docs] || [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr4300-v1-squashfs-factory.bin firmware image]
|-
| Western Digital MyNet N600 || || [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n600 OpenWRT Docs] || [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-mynet-n600-squashfs-factory.bin firmware image]
|-
| Western Digital MyNet N750 || || [https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n750 OpenWRT Docs] || [https://builds.sudomesh.org/builds/chaos_calmer/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-generic-mynet-n750-squashfs-factory.bin firmware image]
|-
|}

Download the image file for your supported router.

== Flash your Router with OpenWRT ==

There are different techniques for flashing each of the routers. Use the links above to the OpenWRT wiki and follow the instructions there to flash the router with the firmware you've downloaded.

For example, if you have a Western Digital MyNet N600, follow these instructions:

* Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into your laptop.
* Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into one of the normal ports on the router (not the Internet/WAN port).
* With the router plugged in and power turned off, push a pin into the reset hole and hold it.
* With the pin held down, turn on the router power button.
* Watch the front blue light - they will flash on and off a few times.
* Once the front blue is flashing, you can let go of the pin.

On your laptop edit your network settings to reflect the following:

* Network Configuration Method: Manual
* IP Address: 192.168.1.10 (some devices will only accept from this IP)
* Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
* Gateway: 0.0.0.0

See Network Configuration Guides: [https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Network%20Configuration%20for%20Linux Linux] [https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Network%20Configuration%20for%20MacOS%20X Mac]

In your web browser:

* Go to [http://192.168.1.1 http://192.168.1.1]
* Click 'Browse' and select the firmware file you downloaded
* Click Install

Note: Sometimes the firmware upload will not complete. After you click on 'Install' You should get a page with a countdown of 120+ seconds. If this does not occur, reboot the router with the pin reset button depressed (as noted above), and try again.

= Configuring Your OpenWRT Router to Work on the Sudomesh Network =

After you have successfully flashed your router with the OpenWRT, you will need to use [https://github.com/sudomesh/makenode makenode] to complete the setup. makenode registers your node on the SudoMesh network, resulting in the assignment of a 64 IPv4 address subnet to your node, in addition to applying basic configuration.

From your terminal, run the following:

git clone https://github.com/sudomesh/makenode.git
cd makenode
npm install
cp settings.js.example settings.js

The default settings in <tt>settings.js</tt> should suffice in most cases, but if you need to make changes, do them in <tt>settings.js</tt>.

A freshly flashed node will be setup on 172.22.0.1. You will need to configure your machine to use the following network settings to communicate with the node.

* IP address: 172.22.0.9
* Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
* Gateway: 0.0.0.0

See Network Configuration Guides: [https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Network%20Configuration%20for%20Linux Linux] [https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Network%20Configuration%20for%20MacOS%20X Mac]

== Configuring the Home Node ==

Make sure the Ethernet cable is connected to the 4th port on the router.

Once your network configuration is refreshed, use the following command to run the script and configure your node:

./makenode.js

If you get the error "no such file or directory", open a new terminal and run this command to ensure that <tt>node</tt> points to your NodeJS executable:

sudo ln -s nodejs node

In the new terminal, return to the 'makenode' source code directory and try again:

npm install
./makenode.js

Now the configuration wizard will ask you a number of questions:

* "enter valid hostname" - this is the host name when you SSH into the node - For info on what constitutes a valid hostname, see: [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3523028/valid-characters-of-a-hostname valid characters of a hostname]
* "max share upstream bandwidth" - how much of your home network upstream bandwidth you wish to share with the mesh network, measured in kbps (kilobits per second). So if you'd like to share 10mbps (megabits per second) enter "10000" or if you want to share 256kbps (kilobytes per second) enter "256". You may want to run a [http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest speed test] to find out how much bandwidth you have and determine how much you want to share.
* "max share downstream bandwidth" - how much of your home network upstream bandwidth you wish to share with the mesh network - eg. "512" would share 512 kbps
* "admin user password" - this is the password for for changing wifi settings on the node
* "root user password" - this is the root password for the router - Make sure that your root password is strong! If you don't enter a root password, a strong one will be generated and will be logged to screen. It's generally preferable to not use the root password at all and instead add an ssh key to the device - see details below.
* "wifi transmit power" - set this to 23 dBm (which is equivalent to 200 milliwatts)
* "operator name" - this is the name that the network admins can associate with the node - so use a unique name like your first name or location name
* "private wifi SSID" - this is the wireless SSID name for the private wireless network that will run on this router
* "private wifi password" - this is the password for the private wireless network that will run on this router - it must be at least 8 characters long

== Testing ==

After you're finished with the makenode configuration, your home node should be available for connections via your private WiFi SSID. Additionally the public SSID 'peoplesopen.net' will be available.

A third interface named 'pplsopen.net-node2node' will be detectable as well. This is the interface used for the nodes to mesh with each other.

At this point you're setup. For more information on using your node, such as accessing the web-based management interface, see [[Home and extender nodes#Home_nodes|Home node info]]

For more technical details on the internals of the home node, see the [[Mesh/Technical_Overview]]

= Flashing Extender Nodes =

If you're wanting to optionally boost the signal of your home node for a larger range, you'll want to setup an extender antenna.

See [[Mesh/Flashing extender nodes]]