Mesh/12 December 2013

December 12th Hacknight

Attendees

• Deekoo, Jeremy, Jenny, Maxb, Marc, Daniel, Deekoo, Xavier, Luis

Updates

• Jenny and Matt went to SF State to give a presentation on Sudomesh to a computer networking for business students class. Went well! It was 40 minutes long and there was a lot of eye contact! No sleeping in the back!!
  • For future presentations we could set up a mesh!
  • Internships!
  • Prof is interested in tinkering with 802.11s + library in a box
• MaxB working on the build server & firmware generator - ready to do a new walkthrough for creating nodes
• Deekoo has gotten the Nanostation working (can pick up MonkeyBrains 5GHz from 2 miles away!), Nanobridge not working, wants to do range testing
  • We could run the PoE off of old laptop batteries! Mounted on a pedicab! Bandwidth/speed test + spectrum analysis
• Luis is working on setting up / learning about BATMAN, interested in working on client-side interfaces
• Jeremy + Daniel did a bunch of video interviews this past weekend! Interested in education + outreach
• Daniel applied for us to receive a donation of 3 racks, 13/14 hard drives
• Jenny + Matt + Mitar spoke with Ralf from Internet Archive - Notes to be put on wiki - https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Meetings
• Marc has been finishing up the node configurator, let's test it on a router tonight!
  • Also working on stickers with basic info such as private SSID + password, admin login info
• Xavier interested in applications of mesh for activism

Ideas

• Add a link on the site for "I'd like to get an intro to the mesh"
• Talk to technology coordinators in schools
• Local applications still in need of a portal page; Luis wants to help design the frontend
• Tech Support: Send or bring us your router and we'll give you a node
• Daniel suggests a block party to test the range of the mesh!
• Talk to people who own properties about mounting nodes on the rooftops.
  • Inspiration from the FNF - convinced the owner of a housing complex to provide free Wi-Fi, after which point the chronically empty apartments were filled!

Checkins

• Chris has a pretty sweet CAD design for a 3D printed enclosure for the Sparkys!
• Deekoo tested most of our 5GHz routers - 3 Nanobridges working [Checked out one], 2 not working [plz edit with correct data]
• Jenny reading Cook Report interviews w/ Altermundi & FNF folks: https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Interviews_with_other_meshers#Altermundi_Interviews_.28Argentina.29
• MaxB compiling..
  • Firmware generator is ready to roll! playing nicely with the node configurator
  • https://github.com/sudomesh/openwrt-firmware-config
• Juul tweaking node configurator
  • https://github.com/sudomesh/node-configurator
• Scattered brainstorms

Action Items

• Jenny to put Internet Archive and SFSU notes on wiki:
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/InternetArchive
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Presentations#Professor_Sameer_Verda.27s_Wireless_Networking_class_for_Business_students
• Jenny update To Dos & Add Meetings/Presentations to Nav
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/ToDos
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Meeting
  • https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Presentations
• Daniel & Jeremy to edit video / do more interviews [Sunday]
• Marc to test node configurator on a pico
• Matt and Jenny to revamp presentation

Linkdump

• East Bay Broadband Consortium
• East Bay Connects helps people find affordable broadband services
• MileMesh project starting up in Hoboken, NJ
• Koruza prototype can be 3D printed! (optical wireless networks aka LASERS!)
• COOK Report on the Global Free Network Movement - Jenny's Excerpts
• PHP Network Weathermap
• LibreMap being actively developed :)
• Altermundi documentation (in Spanish)
• Altermundi projects