Mesh/26 January 2016

Sudomesh general meeting 26 Jan 2016

Attendees

• Alex P, Max B, Marc Juul, Lawrence(sp?), Jake (interloper), daniel

Updates

• Clef Install:
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Blog#Downtown_Oakland_Access_Point
  • Speeds are pretty good within line of sight, but having an issue with android authenticating even in places where signal is good.
• Zayo:
  • Want way way way too much money for transport from data center to the Omni
• Fake Captive Portal
  • Working, but needs debugging.
  • Android is having issues
  • Needs polish
• Uplink Plans
• RTT fixes for babeld configs
• HackTheLeft
• "Anticapitalist Hackathon"
  • Feb 5th-7th
  • Hacktheleft.com
• City Camp Oakland
  • Feb 6th 2016 8:30am-5:30pm
  • Oakland City Hall 1 Frank H Ogawa Plaza
  • http://openoakland.uservoice.com/forums/340653-citycamp-oakland2016/suggestions/11540028-community-owned-and-operated-internet-network

Priorities

• Remote Updates
• Configuration
• New installs?

Documentation

• Better docs for "intro to home node" for tech and non-tech folks (small that can fit behind router?)
• Juul is interested in:
  • Taking on graphics
  • Video of walkthroughs, etc.
• Cleaning up of wiki/making sure things are current
• Map!
  • Maxb promises that he's going to update nodeshot
  • I really like this one: https://github.com/plumpudding/meshviewer
  • https://github.com/ffnord/meshviewer
  • marketing vs topology

Hardware Watchdog

• Juul is working on it
  • Wants to be able to save data about last crash somewhere
  • just a question of the right way to do it

Purchasing Gear from Yahel

• 2 Air Fiber 5s
• Mimosa link of some type
• Half off the air fibers
• Hopefully some freebies

Uplink Plans

• Cogent:
  • Transit provider (connection to the internet) and colocation (you can put servers in racks there)
  • quoted $1k for 1gbps w/ $1k for roof access (we can get the price down for bandwidth, but need to talk to building manager directly about roof pricing)
  • Downtown Oakland (1624 Franklin St, Oakland, CA)
• Hurricane Electric
  • Transit provider (connection to the internet) and colocation
  • $500 for 1gbps w/ $250 for roof access
  • Very far away - Fremont, CA

Remote Updates

• 1. sysupgrade vs mtd
• 2. signing images
• 3. Preserving user config/admin changes (bandwidth sharing, wifi password, etc)
• 4. What happens if we don't have root on devices (remote update daemon)
• 5. Extending makenode to create tarball that can be pased to sysupgrade
• 6. Extending makenode to query routers for existing node data (ip address, other mesh data)

DNS

• p2p dns
  • https://github.com/mwarning/KadNode
• juul suggested some kind of dyndns with a user available registration page

Action Items

• Juul is gonna reach out to the BART guy and ask for a meeting w/ IT
• Maxb is gonna update nodeshot (even though it's stupid)
• Maxb is gonna talk to Level3 about transit and rooftop access
  • emailed Level3 and XO
  • Need to remember to follow up soon if no word back!
• Maxb is gonna turn off android captive portal - Done
• Maxb is gonna talk to yahel and buy antennas
• Juul will create accounts for mesh folk on the omni owncloud.

A place we should check if they allow us to place a node, they are at the plaza:

• Laurel Books
• Luan Stauss, owner of Laurel Book Store (on the news: http://blog.sfgate.com/bookmarks/2014/10/24/laurel-book-store-opens-in-downtown-oakland/
• 1423 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
• Phone:(510) 452-9232
• laurelbookstore.com
  • maxb is gonna get in contact with laurel books

to keep in mind, daniel knows someone that has an office on 13 and franklin 4th floor ( https://www.google.com/maps/place/Franklin+St+%26+13th+St,+Oakland,+CA+94612/@37.8031538,-122.2725729,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x808f80b405f0731b:0x3455eec5972fb89b ) that may allow us to have a repeater. it seems that there is no internet access at that office.