Mesh/Inventory

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As of June 2018, we just reorganized the mesh cage. A more recent and up-to-date inventory of our materials is underway, but will likely be hosted elsewhere. Link to follow.

current-gen nodes

ready for outdoor mounting

NOTE: UPDATE WITH NEW DONATIONS AS OF 10/2017

• 1x Nanobridge M5 (25 dB version)
• 3x Nanobridge M5 (22 dB version)
• 3x Nanostation M5
• 1x Nanostation M2
• 2x Rocket M5 and 2x 90 degree panel antenna (one antenna already on rooftop)

All of these are complete (with PoE).

ready for indoor use

• ~150x Western Digital MyNet N750s or N600s

All of these are complete (with power supply).

used gear

• Some Bullet M2s and some Bullet M5s. Need to count.

previous-gen nodes

used gear

• Maybe ~15x Picostation 2HP ?
• A bunch of Bullet 2HP

incomplete gear

• More than 100x Meraki sparky (also known as Meraki outdoor)
  • No cases, power supplies or antennas (u.fl connector)
  • Needs special script for hardware watchdog.
  • Flashing takes ~20 mins

PoE adapters

• ?

Cable

Ethernet

• Maybe 1/4 roll of a 100 foot outdoor UV-protected shielded and grounded CAT6
• A bunch of indoor CAT5 and CAT5E
• Bunch of RJ45 connectors
• Bunch of grounded RJ45 connectors

Antennas and pigtails

We have a bunch of high-gain omnis, a bunch of dish (the grid type) antennas, and a few panel antennas. Most of these are N connectors. We need to go through them, check frequency and tag them with frequency.

We have a bunch of u.fl to male N pigtails.

We have a bunch of GPS antennas.

Tools for node-mounting

Big tools

• One foldable woodworking table (like this)

Hand tools

• One decent RJ45 crimper (blue handle) with somewhat worn out cutting blades
• 2x low quality RJ45 crimpers (green handle). Probably OK for crimping but not for cutting or stripping.
• A set of screwdrivers, wire cutter, tongs, and other basic hand tools.

Power tools

• Makita impact driver (battery powered)
• Makita drill (battery powered)
• Makita battery charger
• 3x Makita batteries

Testing

• Two ethernet cable testers (need batteries)

Consumables for node-mounting

TODO put stuff like mounting brackets, plumbers tape, screws, silicone, hose clamps, cable staples.

Other stuff

• 3x One Laptop Per Child XO Laptop (one power supply)
• Lots of other stuff that needs.

Less than useful stuff

• A bunch of random indoor routers that don't support OpenWRT
• A bunch of random indoor routers that do support modern OpenWRT but no two are alike
• A great big stack of the original blue linksys routers. These only support old versions of OpenWRT.