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

[max b]

I'll be there at noon (I do tend to run about 10-15 min late to everything
though, so if I'm not there don't ditch out). It sounds like we're shaping
up to have a handful of people there at that time.

On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Benny Lichtner <bennlich at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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