[mesh-talk] [Mesh] Fwd: Sunday Node Mounting

[max b]

Ok so I've got some updated info. We DO have access to the roof, but I
don't believe we've purchased the non-penetrating mount that is required of
us, so we'll likely do that next weekend instead of this. Also - I'm
probably not super prepared to hack on my house, unless someone is really
excited about that and wants to help spearhead.

So - I can promise to be at sudoroom walking people through hacking on the
firmware and assorted pieces if other people will be there. I do have an
outstanding promise to anyone who is interested and will commit to
participating on development that I will personally walk them through as
much of the existing network/codebase/topology/educational ideas as I'm
able to. If you tell me that you will help, I will literally spend hours
(or as much time as you can handle) teaching you everything I know. On a
less intense note, I can also just flash another router or two and set up a
mini mesh at the omni and walk you through that. I'd also like to get some
services running on a machine connected to the mesh, and the fake captive
portal (I think we're calling it the garden gnome?) + service browser are
pretty essential pieces, so I might work on those as well.

Benny, let me know if/when you'll be at the omni and I'll try to plan
accordingly.

Max

On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 4:42 PM, Benny Lichtner <bennlich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey--I think I can actually make it to this mounting. I showed my face
> once at a meeting a couple of months ago, but haven't been able to come by
> again since. What time should I plan to show up (if I should plan to show
> up)?
>
> I'm interested in learning how to contribute to the codebase too, so I
> don't mind hacking on things if not enough people show up to do one of your
> above plans.
>
> --Benny
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:54 PM, max b <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Yar!
>>
>> So I have some ideas about Sunday, but I haven't really decided on
>> anything yet. Here they are in more or less random order:
>>
>> - Meet at Sudoroom, I show whoever is there how to flash our newest
>> firmware, run makenode and create a mesh node. Depending on time and how
>> many folks show up, we could also set up extender access points or extender
>> node->node radios and perhaps set up a 5ghz extender node link in the omni.
>> I would probably trust these folks to take those mesh nodes home with them
>> as I think the new rule is starting to shape up as: "if you can flash and
>> configure a node yourself, you can take it home and be part of the alpha
>> release".
>>
>> - We try to get on the roof of the omni and build a connection to Will's
>> house. I don't really know much about the roof status, so I'd be hesitant
>> to go this direction unless someone else was there who was comfortable with
>> the roof situation. This would also require us to have the proper mounting
>> materials and figure out the correct mounting technique and locations for
>> the roof. We DO have a nanostation m5 which would be a good match for
>> Will's nanobridge and we could also set up a nanostation m2 which would be
>> an access point broadcasting internet signal to the neighborhood.
>>
>> - Folks come to my house and help me set up an extender node. I have a
>> mynet setup in my house and nanostation m2 which I'd like to broadcast to
>> the neighborhood, but the mounting situation is a tiny bit tricky. Ideally
>> we'd have a ladder as well as some sort of materials/techniques for
>> following my comcast cable line back through the wall out of the house and
>> to the roof (so probably just those wall brackets as well as whatever it
>> takes to get through the wall). If we were feeling particularly ambitious,
>> we could set up an extender node which would face south and *perhaps* be
>> able to see Alex.
>>
>>
>> Just some thoughts. If no one else shows I'll probably just be hacking on
>> some firmware tweaks and/or setting up a mesh service at my house. Also -
>> send an email to the list if you want to show up. I likely won't be at
>> sudoroom unless I know that someone else will be there as well.
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 8:01 PM, yar <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This message got sent during server migration and lost in limbo. Here it
>>> is.
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Will Martin <will at willmartin.com>
>>> Date: Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:17 PM
>>> Subject: Sunday Node Mounting
>>> To: "mesh at lists.sudoroom.org" <mesh at lists.sudoroom.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm free this sunday and would love to help mount some nodes.
>>>
>>> My Nanobridge NB-5G25 dish is up-and-running and facing the Omni - I'd
>>> like to get it set up as a backbone so I can begin adding 2.4ghz nodes
>>> in my neighborhood.
>>> Do we have any 5G dishes on top of the Omni yet?
>>>
>>> Will Martin
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>>
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