Mesh/Blog - Revision history

Eenblam: Add link to https://peoplesopen.net/blog/

2018-06-10T00:51:39Z

Add link to https://peoplesopen.net/blog/

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			'''These articles (and many new ones) can now be read at [https://peoplesopen.net/blog peoplesopen.net/blog]!'''
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	=Sharing Internet with the Neighborhood=		=Sharing Internet with the Neighborhood=

Maxb: Extender Node Mounting at San Pabloish

2016-01-26T22:35:45Z

Extender Node Mounting at San Pabloish

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			=Sharing Internet with the Neighborhood=

			I ([[User:Maxb\|Maxb]]) put a bullet m2 on my roof as an [[Mesh/Home and extender nodes#Extender_nodes\|extender node]]. We have a bunch of these big ol 2.4ghz antennas which I think are pretty high gain and my house has some upstream bandwidth to share, so if you're in the neighborhood and need some wifi, [http://map.sudomesh.org/select/san-pabloish/ feel free to come by and get on the network.]

			[[File:PeoplesOpen.net-Extender-Node-Bullet-M2-1.jpg\|200px]][[File:PeoplesOpen.net-Extender-Node-BulletM2-2.jpg\|200px]]


	=Downtown Oakland Access Point=		=Downtown Oakland Access Point=

Maxb: /* Downtown Oakland Access Point */

2016-01-19T07:01:40Z

Downtown Oakland Access Point

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	PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-1.jpeg\|Showing off work		PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-1.jpeg\|Showing off work
	PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-2.jpeg\|~~That~~ Cable Management		PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-2.jpeg\|Cable Management
	PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-3.jpeg\|Aiming towards the street		PeoplesOpen.net-Clef-Installation-3.jpeg\|Aiming towards the street
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Maxb: Clef AP Install

2016-01-19T07:01:13Z

Clef AP Install

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 =Alpha Testing Network=
 We've been doing alpha testing on our what's looking to be the network v0.2 for the last couple months. A lot of our firmware/etc code has been tightened up and we're starting to get good results. There are obviously a lot of metrics that are worth considering when evaluating the success of a network, but uptime is a good start, and we're finally getting 90%+ uptime on all of our nodes. That might not sound impressive, but these are pieces of hardware that are hosted at various folks houses, so coordinating the reboot of a router that's in someone's living room can be a challenging ordeal. For those that are interested, graphs from our monitoring server are available here:

Maxb: /* Alpha Testing Network */

2015-10-26T19:33:10Z

Alpha Testing Network

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	[[File:Sudomesh cacti 10.26.15.png\|framed\|Cacti Graph of PeoplesOpen.net traffic for 10/26/2015]]		[[File:Sudomesh cacti 10.26.15.png\|framed\|Cacti Graph of PeoplesOpen.net traffic for 10/26/2015]]
			[[File:Sudomesh_cacti_graph_sept-oct.2015.png\|framed\|Cacti Graph of PeoplesOpen.net traffic for Sept-Oct 2015]]

	We've been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:		We've been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:

Maxb: /* Alpha Testing Network */ Formatting

2015-10-26T19:11:01Z

Alpha Testing Network: Formatting

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	We're in need of a handful of new folks to host home nodes and possibly also extender nodes. To be a good home node host, we ask that you be:		We're in need of a handful of new folks to host home nodes and possibly also extender nodes. To be a good home node host, we ask that you be:
	* Willing to share some amount of your bandwidth. It doesn't have to be a lot, but 1-2mbps can go a long way for someone who doesn't otherwise have any connectivity.		* Willing to share some amount of your bandwidth. It doesn't have to be a lot, but 1-2mbps can go a long way for someone who doesn't otherwise have any connectivity.
	* Reliably in contact so that we can ask you to do simple things like reboot the router (hopefully rarely if at all), and check connectivity		* Reliably in contact so that we can ask you to do simple things like reboot the router (hopefully rarely if at all), and check connectivity
	* Interested in providing some feedback as to how you think the experience is and how it could be improved		* Interested in providing some feedback as to how you think the experience is and how it could be improved

	To be an extender node host we ask that you be all those things and also have access to your roof and/or another high point on your house/building/etc and be willing to mount a (pretty small) antenna there and run an ethernet cable from your home node (probably near your router) to that roof location.		To be an extender node host we ask that you be all those things and also have access to your roof and/or another high point on your house/building/etc and be willing to mount a (pretty small) antenna there and run an ethernet cable from your home node (probably near your router) to that roof location.

Maxb: /* Alpha Testing Network */ Formatting

2015-10-26T19:10:40Z

Alpha Testing Network: Formatting

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	We're in need of a handful of new folks to host home nodes and possibly also extender nodes. To be a good home node host, we ask that you be:		We're in need of a handful of new folks to host home nodes and possibly also extender nodes. To be a good home node host, we ask that you be:
	- Willing to share some amount of your bandwidth. It doesn't have to be a lot, but 1-2mbps can go a long way for someone who doesn't otherwise have any connectivity.		* Willing to share some amount of your bandwidth. It doesn't have to be a lot, but 1-2mbps can go a long way for someone who doesn't otherwise have any connectivity.
	- Reliably in contact so that we can ask you to do simple things like reboot the router (hopefully rarely if at all), and check connectivity		* Reliably in contact so that we can ask you to do simple things like reboot the router (hopefully rarely if at all), and check connectivity
	- Interested in providing some feedback as to how you think the experience is and how it could be improved		* Interested in providing some feedback as to how you think the experience is and how it could be improved

	To be an extender node host we ask that you be all those things and also have access to your roof and/or another high point on your house/building/etc and be willing to mount a (pretty small) antenna there and run an ethernet cable from your home node (probably near your router) to that roof location.		To be an extender node host we ask that you be all those things and also have access to your roof and/or another high point on your house/building/etc and be willing to mount a (pretty small) antenna there and run an ethernet cable from your home node (probably near your router) to that roof location.

Maxb: /* Alpha Testing Network */

2015-10-26T19:10:09Z

Alpha Testing Network

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	Cacti (traffic and some hardware measurements): http://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=1&leaf_id=45		Cacti (traffic and some hardware measurements): http://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=1&leaf_id=45

			[[File:Sudomesh cacti 10.26.15.png\|framed\|Cacti Graph of PeoplesOpen.net traffic for 10/26/2015]]

	We've been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:		We've been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:

Maxb: /* Alpha Testing Network */

2015-10-26T19:07:32Z

Alpha Testing Network

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	=Alpha Testing Network=		=Alpha Testing Network=
	We've been doing alpha testing on our what's looking to be the network v0.2 for the last couple months. A lot of our firmware/etc code has been tightened up and we're starting to get good results. There are obviously a lot of metrics that are worth considering when evaluating the success of a network, but uptime is a good start, and we're finally getting 90%+ uptime on all of our nodes. That might not sound impressive, but these are pieces of hardware that are hosted at various folks houses, so coordinating the reboot of a router that's in someone's living room can be a challenging ordeal. For those that are interested, graphs from our monitoring server are available here:		We've been doing alpha testing on our what's looking to be the network v0.2 for the last couple months. A lot of our firmware/etc code has been tightened up and we're starting to get good results. There are obviously a lot of metrics that are worth considering when evaluating the success of a network, but uptime is a good start, and we're finally getting 90%+ uptime on all of our nodes. That might not sound impressive, but these are pieces of hardware that are hosted at various folks houses, so coordinating the reboot of a router that's in someone's living room can be a challenging ordeal. For those that are interested, graphs from our monitoring server are available here:

	Smokeping (latency graphs) http://monitor.sudomesh.org/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Mesh		Smokeping (latency graphs) http://monitor.sudomesh.org/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Mesh

	and		and

	Cacti (traffic and some hardware measurements): http://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=1&leaf_id=45		Cacti (traffic and some hardware measurements): http://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=1&leaf_id=45

	We'v been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:		We've been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:

	http://builds.sudomesh.org/builds		http://builds.sudomesh.org/builds

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	At the moment, we're providing the hardware, so you'll be hosting $50-$150 worth of equipment which in many cases can significantly improve coverage in your own home!		At the moment, we're providing the hardware, so you'll be hosting $50-$150 worth of equipment which in many cases can significantly improve coverage in your own home!


	=Building out our backbone...=		=Building out our backbone...=

Maxb: Adding a new blog post about monitoring, new firmware builds, and looking for new node hosts!

2015-10-26T19:07:04Z

Adding a new blog post about monitoring, new firmware builds, and looking for new node hosts!

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			=Alpha Testing Network=
			We've been doing alpha testing on our what's looking to be the network v0.2 for the last couple months. A lot of our firmware/etc code has been tightened up and we're starting to get good results. There are obviously a lot of metrics that are worth considering when evaluating the success of a network, but uptime is a good start, and we're finally getting 90%+ uptime on all of our nodes. That might not sound impressive, but these are pieces of hardware that are hosted at various folks houses, so coordinating the reboot of a router that's in someone's living room can be a challenging ordeal. For those that are interested, graphs from our monitoring server are available here:
			Smokeping (latency graphs) http://monitor.sudomesh.org/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Mesh
			and
			Cacti (traffic and some hardware measurements): http://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph_view.php?action=tree&tree_id=1&leaf_id=45

			We'v been uploading the latest versions of our firmware as binaries to:
			http://builds.sudomesh.org/builds

			Home Node firmwares are for TP-Link wdr3500, 3600, and 4300 as well as MyNet N600 and N750 routers.
			Extender Node firmwares are known to mostly work for Ubiquiti Picostation M2, Bullet M2 and M5, Powerbridge M2 and M5, and Nanostation M2 and M5.

			We're in need of a handful of new folks to host home nodes and possibly also extender nodes. To be a good home node host, we ask that you be:
			- Willing to share some amount of your bandwidth. It doesn't have to be a lot, but 1-2mbps can go a long way for someone who doesn't otherwise have any connectivity.
			- Reliably in contact so that we can ask you to do simple things like reboot the router (hopefully rarely if at all), and check connectivity
			- Interested in providing some feedback as to how you think the experience is and how it could be improved

			To be an extender node host we ask that you be all those things and also have access to your roof and/or another high point on your house/building/etc and be willing to mount a (pretty small) antenna there and run an ethernet cable from your home node (probably near your router) to that roof location.

			If that sounds like you, get in touch: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh#Join_Us

			At the moment, we're providing the hardware, so you'll be hosting $50-$150 worth of equipment which in many cases can significantly improve coverage in your own home!


	=Building out our backbone...=		=Building out our backbone...=