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
• 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]