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

[Benny Lichtner]

Hey, Max. I could be there anytime after 1130 (an hour from now onward).
When will you be around?

--Benny
On May 16, 2015 8:54 PM, "max b" <maxb.personal at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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