[Mesh] Meeting Minutes 5/23

[Jenny Ryan]

*Attendees:*

Jenny, juul, substack, miguel, jordan, mark, rody

*Announcements:*

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   We've started an IRC channel on Freenode IRC: #510pen - come chat!
   - Check the updated wiki at https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh

 *Notes:*

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   Marc researched Freifunk, which is both a firmware project, group
   organization and many small meshes throughout Germany:
   https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/Freifunk
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      Firmware is interesting – community profiles for a) chipset b)
      language and c) city
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      Does the work for you – source code is available.
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      As a node, you get a static public IP
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   Commotion is based on the Freifunk
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      Available on more devices
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      Also works with OpenBTS
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   OLSR - Layer 3, no kernal module so takes more CPU resources
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      Has an Android, Mac, and Windows version
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      OLSR has a watchdog which auto-reboots
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   Batman-adv is only available on Linux – you could port the protocol
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      Hack to run DHCP to have dynamic IP assignments
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   How to assign IP addresses: We could only run ipv6 – much larger address
   space – for random assignments of static IPs
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   Hash the MAC address that's stored in a distributed manner
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   Planned vs dynamic mesh networks
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   Interoperability of protocols – batman as the backbone and OLSR/Babel on
   top
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   Open Mesh
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      Pay for faster access
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      Small businesses, schools, RV parks etc
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   Marc is going to buy a Freestation and some nanobridges ($85)
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      Omnis spread the signal too much
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      Ubiquiti sells antennas with 90 and 120 degree – this plus a router
      is $160-180
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   Lasers! Temporary permits
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      Cell phone networks – you can run up to 100 milliwatts without a
      license
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   Critter (substack)
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      Re-sync once connected to the public network
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      Spot crowd-voting
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   5Ghz Backbone and 2.4Ghz connections between
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   batman-adv:
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      multi-cast: avoids network saturation, allows for streaming that
      other nodes can choose to plug into
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   Major issue is latency in hops


 *Action Items:*

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   Art, propaganda, manifestos!
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      *mesh detected*
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   Explore batman vs olsr vs robin
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   Mesh reading group?
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      Start here: http://www.wndw.net/
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   Today I Learned? June 8th is available
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   Radio show w/ Interviews? Jenny & Alcides
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   1 page description of mesh to distribute to everyday folks
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   Let's make a mesh!
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      Test batman-adv for next week
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      Throughput and slow-down over multiple hops
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      Signal strength


 *Wishlist:*

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   Routers
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   Money
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   Routers full of money!
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   Nanostations:
   http://www.ubiquitiworks.com/NanoStation-Loco-M.asp?gclid=CIvbqPTVt7UCFSHZQgodJTgAOA
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   Freestations: http://www.antennas.com/freestation/


Jenny
http://jennyryan.net
http://thepyre.org
http://thevirtualcampfire.org
http://technomadic.tumblr.com

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 "Technology is the campfire around which we tell our stories."
-Laurie Anderson

"Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it."
 -Hannah Arendt

"To define is to kill. To suggest is to create."
-Stéphane Mallarmé
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