Mesh/27 May 2014
Attendees
- Alex, Juul, MaxB, Daniel, Matt, Jenny, Jake, Deekoo
Notes
- Laney College Node
- Marc setting up the Rocket M5 that will be mounted on the top of Laney College
- Ubiquiti AirMax Sector 5G-20-90 Hi-gain 20dBi, 90deg, 5GHz AirMax 2x2 MIMO Basestation Sector Antenna
- With 3 Picostations to disperse the signal in a 360 degree radius
- Marc setting up the Rocket M5 that will be mounted on the top of Laney College
- Node Monitoring
- Installing cricket on the dev server to collect SNMP stats from nodes (mini_snmpd).
- Bank account now set up w/ Western Federal Credit Union
- Finances spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao_Q7DQvNFT-dGE0a3hSRnVlck1xVHF1NVFUTEJhSmc&usp=drive_web#gid=9
- Total balance as of 27 May: $1475.42 + 1.951511 BTC
- Total transferred to bank account so far: $1200 on 5/28
- Total remaining to transfer: $275.42
- Stress test sample submesh:
- What needs coding first? Ability for nodes with mesh access but no internet access to route correctly (Juul), automatic signal strength adjustment under congestion (Deekoo)
- When should the stresstest be run?
Inventory Checkin
- 15 working picostations
- 5 broken picostations
- 21 mickey mouse cables
- 5 poe injectors
- 3 passive poe injectors
- 7 UK poe injectors
- 10 bullet antennae
- 9 mounting disks
- 1 yagi directional antenna
- JTAG adaptor
- 15 Bullet 2HP
ToDo
- Buy a VoCore once PayPal acct is set up: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vocore-a-coin-sized-linux-computer-with-wifi/contributions/6785791/pay [Jenny]
- Correctly route from nodes that have mesh connectivity but not internet connectivity to the internet. [Juul]
- Automatically lower signal strength in crowded areas [Deekoo]