[Mesh] mesh Digest, Vol 12, Issue 4

Sat Jan 4 12:15:50 PST 2014

Anybody interested in speaking about the People's Open Network at Mass
Effect?
I don't mind doing it if nobody else wants to, but it would be nice to have
a variety of speakers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/700853143281064

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>    1. Re: 5 ghz rooftop node in west oakland (Pete Forsyth)
>    2. SudoMesh to Hawaii? (rhodey)
>    3. Fwd: [Battlemesh] Happy new year / Announcing WBMv7! (Mitar)
>    4. Lot of rugged/GPS-enabled laptops available (Pete Forsyth)
>    5. Re: Lot of rugged/GPS-enabled laptops available (Pete Forsyth)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18:46:47 -0800
> From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>
> To: Somebody <somebody at riseup.net>
> Cc: mesh <mesh at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mesh] 5 ghz rooftop node in west oakland
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> Dang, I quit paying attention for a few days, and look what I miss! Great
> news Marc, and thanks for documenting it so carefully -- and to Jenny for
> blogging it. I'm glad I could help move this forward, and look forward to
> connecting, hopefully this weekend!
>
> If it will reach, I wonder if a nanostation on my end might be the way to
> go, instead of a dish -- in order to offer more thorough coverage to the
> area in between our houses?
>
> Huzzah!
> Pete
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Somebody <somebody at riseup.net> wrote:
>
> > Beautiful! Exciting news. :)
> >
> >
> >
> > David Keenan <dkeenan44 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > awesome, marc. awesome.
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013, Marc wrote:
> >
> >> Pete and myself Installed a nanostation m5 on a 20 foot aluminum
> flagpole
> >> in west oakland. The node is about 14 feet above the roof of a two-story
> >> building. The total cost of this install ran to about $145 including all
> >> materials.
> >>
> >> Bill of Materials:
> >>
> >> * One nanostation m5 loco
> >> * One 4 foot wood beam of 3.5" by 3.5"
> >> * Three 5" by 1/4" bolts
> >> * Three 5/8" washers for bolts (optional)
> >> * Three 1/2" washers for bolts (optional)
> >> * Two 5" hose clamps
> >> * 30+ feet of outdoor shielded ethernet cable
> >> * Two shielded/groundable ethernet plugs
> >> * A bunch of zip ties
> >>
> >> The optional washers make it easier to tighten and untighten the bolts
> >> (otherwise they dig into the wood).
> >>
> >> Material sources:
> >>
> >> * Nanostation from Amazon
> >> * Flag pole from habor freight
> >> * Everything else from home depot
> >>
> >> -
> >> marc/juul
> >>
> >>
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> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2014 23:45:22 -0800
> From: rhodey <rhodey at anhonesteffort.org>
> To: mesh at lists.sudoroom.org
> Subject: [Mesh] SudoMesh to Hawaii?
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> Open Whisper Systems is hosting Winter Break of Code later this week in
> Hawaii and we have this pesky air gap between our two houses. I have two
> PicoS-tations here at TARDIS Farm which I borrowed to work on the batctl
> LUA library and watchdog and thought they would do best to bridge this gap!
>
> With the support of the list I'd like to toss these two APs in my bag
> and setup the theoretically smallest mesh network in HI, returning the
> APs back to Oakland no later than the 15th. I would be more than happy
> to write a post about this and document the process such that the
> temporary deployment is educational and thus productive towards SudoMesh.
>
> If this might not be the best idea no worries, we'll just setup a
> cantenna or something. Hope to see you all once more one of these
> Thursdays, soon as I claw my way out of a few pre-existing engagements :)
>
> https://whispersystems.org/blog/winter-break-of-code/
>
> --
> -- rhodey ?????
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2014 16:22:43 +0100
> From: Mitar <mitar at tnode.com>
> To: mesh <mesh at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: [Mesh] Fwd: [Battlemesh] Happy new year / Announcing WBMv7!
> Message-ID: <52C82743.6010603 at tnode.com>
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> Hi!
>
> Battlemesh is an amazing opportunity to meet mesh enthusiasts from all
> around the world. Recommend greatly!
>
> Maybe an opportunity to present your firmware and get feedback on it
> from everyone? And the mesh the planet portal?
>
>
> Mitar
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Jo-Philipp Wich <jow at openwrt.org>
> Subject: [Battlemesh] Happy new year / Announcing WBMv7!
> To: Battle of the Mesh Mailing List <battlemesh at ml.ninux.org>
>
> Dear Battlemesh enthusiasts,
>
> hope you all had a smooth start into the year 2014 - best wishes for all
> upcoming endeavors, also on behalf of the local organization team!
>
> ==========================================================
>        Announcing the Wireless Battle Mesh v7
>     (12th of May - 18th of May 2014, Leipzig, Germany)
> ==========================================================
>
> The next 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' will take place from Mon 12th
> till Sun 18th of May at the Sublab Hackerspace in Leipzig, Germany. The
> event aims to bring together people from across the globe to test the
> performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like
> Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, OLSR, and 802.11s. Of course, new protocols
> (working on OpenWrt) are always welcome!
>
> It is not required to be active within the mentioned protocols, so if
> you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, or
> have an interest in mesh networks in general, you have to check this out!
>
> Information about the event is gathered at:
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7
>
>
> Location
> ========
>
> The event takes place at the Sublab Hackerspace in Leipzig, Germany.
> There will be room for hacking with software and hardware, talks and
> presentations, as well as informal discussions between participants.
>
>
> Participant Registration and Fee
> ================================
>
> The event itself is free of charge and open for all, so to register
> without hotel and food supply, simply add your name to the participant
> table.
>
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7/Participants
>
> If you wish low cost accommodation, a special group booking has been
> arranged. Payment in advance is required to get the full benefit of
> the discount. Therefore, like for the previous event, this year's
> edition features an "early bird low cost" registration program: Bed and
> breakfast in a hostel in down town Leipzig from Monday till Sunday plus
> dinner arrangements on the first two evenings are available for 150??? if
> the payment is received before February 15th, 2013. The price goes up to
> 175??? for all payments made after February 15th. These late arrangements
> are subject to availability.
>
> We'll post detailled information on the payment method and account info
> asap.
>
> Of course, this package is not compulsory. You can also find your own
> bed and food supply yourself during the event if you wish to do so.
>
> More information can be found here:
>
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7#Participant_Registration_and_Fee
>
> Spread the Word
> ===============
>
> Feel free to spread the word by forwarding this mail to all lists /
> people that might be interested in it. Blogging about the event is more
> than welcome, and if you do so, please add a ping-back to the wiki page:
>
> http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7
>
> Contact
> =======
>
> * Web: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV7
> * Email: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh
> * IRC: irc.freenode.net #battlemesh
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 10:36:43 -0800
> From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>
> To: mesh <mesh at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: [Mesh] Lot of rugged/GPS-enabled laptops available
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> All--
>
> I ran across something interesting on eBay, a lot of 4 rugged GoBook III
> Ix260 laptops. These are Pentium M laptops (i.e. old and slow) but they are
> rugged, they have built-in GPS capabilities, touch screens, and bright
> outdoor-viewing displays. They come without hard drives, but with caddies.
>
> I wonder if these might be useful for warbiking / node mapping, or other
> mesh/sudo activities? I am interested to fool around with them, and
> wouldn't mind owning one, but am hesitant to buy all 4 unless there is
> likely to be a use for them (and unless I could recover some of the cost).
>
> A little googling indicates that Ubuntu seems to run fine on them (I am
> running Lubuntu on a similarly-specced Dell, and am super happy with it).
> There might be an issue getting the touch screen to work -- I saw a
> question about that without any response.
>
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-4-Itronix-Go-Book-III-Rugged-Laptop-IX260-1-8GHz-1GB-WORKS-100-NOW-BIOS-/291047611667?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item43c3ca1d13
>
> Thoughts?
> Pete
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> Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 10:37:54 -0800
> From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>
> To: mesh <mesh at lists.sudoroom.org>
> Subject: Re: [Mesh] Lot of rugged/GPS-enabled laptops available
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> Sorry, meant to also include this link for general specs of this line:
> http://www.gd-itronix.com/index.cfm?page=Products:GoBookIII
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > All--
> >
> > I ran across something interesting on eBay, a lot of 4 rugged GoBook III
> > Ix260 laptops. These are Pentium M laptops (i.e. old and slow) but they
> are
> > rugged, they have built-in GPS capabilities, touch screens, and bright
> > outdoor-viewing displays. They come without hard drives, but with
> caddies.
> >
> > I wonder if these might be useful for warbiking / node mapping, or other
> > mesh/sudo activities? I am interested to fool around with them, and
> > wouldn't mind owning one, but am hesitant to buy all 4 unless there is
> > likely to be a use for them (and unless I could recover some of the
> cost).
> >
> > A little googling indicates that Ubuntu seems to run fine on them (I am
> > running Lubuntu on a similarly-specced Dell, and am super happy with it).
> > There might be an issue getting the touch screen to work -- I saw a
> > question about that without any response.
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-4-Itronix-Go-Book-III-Rugged-Laptop-IX260-1-8GHz-1GB-WORKS-100-NOW-BIOS-/291047611667?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item43c3ca1d13
> >
> > Thoughts?
> > Pete
> >
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