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You can read about our progress on our [[Mesh/Blog|blog]]. We're in an alpha testing phase, and our monitoring results can be seen on [https://monitor.sudomesh.org/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Mesh smokeping] or [https://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph.php?action=view&local_graph_id=217&rra_id=all cacti]. | You can read about our progress on our [[Mesh/Blog|blog]]. We're in an alpha testing phase, and our monitoring results can be seen on [https://monitor.sudomesh.org/smokeping/smokeping.cgi?target=Mesh smokeping] or [https://monitor.sudomesh.org/cacti/graph.php?action=view&local_graph_id=217&rra_id=all cacti]. | ||
Check out the Join Us section below for opportunities to help out! | |||
([[User:Maxb|Maxb]] December 22nd 2015) | ([[User:Maxb|Maxb]] December 22nd 2015) | ||
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'''We are an all-volunteer organization building the People's Open Network, a community-owned and operated non-profit internet infrastructure in Oakland.''' | '''We are an all-volunteer organization building the People's Open Network, a community-owned and operated non-profit internet infrastructure in Oakland.''' | ||
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We are spending a lot of time developing [https://github.com/sudomesh/ software] to make it cheap and easy for anyone to be part of People's Open Network, regardless of technical skill. | We are spending a lot of time developing [https://github.com/sudomesh/ software] to make it cheap and easy for anyone to be part of People's Open Network, regardless of technical skill. | ||
[[File:Mesh_Oakland_High_Res.png|225px|right]] | [[File:Mesh_Oakland_High_Res.png|225px|right]] | ||
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= Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)= | = Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)= | ||
=Logistics= | * [[Mesh/Challenges|Challenges]] - What sort of challenges and problems do we face? | ||
*[[Mesh/Checkouts|Checkouts]] - Who took what gear home. | * [[Mesh/Decisions|Decisions]] - What decisions have we made, and why? | ||
*[[Mesh/Inventory|Inventory]] - Continually-updated inventory of our hardware and gear. | * [[Mesh/Funding|Funding]] - How the heck do we fund this thing? | ||
*[[Mesh/Marketing|Marketing]] - Inspiration and links to marketing materials in progress. | * [[Mesh/Legal|Legal]] - How do we use exit nodes, relays and legal structures to protect node owners and ourselves? | ||
*[[Mesh/Naming|Naming]] - What do we call ourselves? A lineage of bikeshedding. | * [[Mesh/Hosting|Hosting]] - How are we hosting and what does it cost? | ||
*[[Mesh/Purchases|Purchases]] - Details on our purchases, made by either individuals or through our crowdfunded money. | * [[Mesh/Backup|Backup]] - How do we handle backups? | ||
*[[Mesh/Taxes|Taxes]] - Filed taxes for the sudo mesh non-profit | * [[Mesh/Server security|Server security]] - How do we ensure server security? | ||
= Logistics = | |||
* [[Mesh/Checkouts|Checkouts]] - Who took what gear home. | |||
* [[Mesh/Inventory|Inventory]] - Continually-updated inventory of our hardware and gear. | |||
* [[Mesh/Marketing|Marketing]] - Inspiration and links to marketing materials in progress. | |||
* [[Mesh/Naming|Naming]] - What do we call ourselves? A lineage of bikeshedding. | |||
* [[Mesh/Purchases|Purchases]] - Details on our purchases, made by either individuals or through our crowdfunded money. | |||
* [[Mesh/Taxes|Taxes]] - Filed taxes for the sudo mesh non-profit | |||
= Research = | = Research = | ||
We need help improving our documentation about the area and other legalities. | We need help improving our documentation about the area and other legalities. | ||
*[[Mesh/Legal|Legal]] - we are becoming a 501(c)3 and there are other legalities of wireless networks | * [[Mesh/Legal|Legal]] - we are becoming a 501(c)3 and there are other legalities of wireless networks | ||
*[[Mesh/Interviews with other meshers|Interviews]] - we interviewed other experienced meshers | * [[Mesh/Interviews with other meshers|Interviews]] - we interviewed other experienced meshers | ||
*[[Mesh/Documentation|Other documentation]] - books, articles, wikis, blog posts. | * [[Mesh/Documentation|Other documentation]] - books, articles, wikis, blog posts. | ||
*[[Mesh/Oakland|Oakland]] - information and resources pertaining to Oakland community organizations, wireless initiatives, policy and research initiatives | * [[Mesh/Oakland|Oakland]] - information and resources pertaining to Oakland community organizations, wireless initiatives, policy and research initiatives | ||
*[[Mesh/Other muni networking projects|Municipal projects]] - examples of progressive uses of municipal networks. | * [[Mesh/Other muni networking projects|Municipal projects]] - examples of progressive uses of municipal networks. | ||
*[[Mesh/Decentralized FM/AM radio|Decentralized FM/AM radio]] - Bit of research on adding legal FM/AM transmitters to nodes. | * [[Mesh/Decentralized FM/AM radio|Decentralized FM/AM radio]] - Bit of research on adding legal FM/AM transmitters to nodes. | ||
= Other Firmware and Networks = | = Other Firmware and Networks = | ||
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There are [[Mesh/Other mesh projects|other meshes]] around the world that have inspired us to make our own network! They use software from these projects: | There are [[Mesh/Other mesh projects|other meshes]] around the world that have inspired us to make our own network! They use software from these projects: | ||
*[[Mesh/Freifunk]] (germany) - the creators of batman-adv (routing protocol we use) and one of the longest-running mesh networks in the world. | * [[Mesh/Freifunk]] (germany) - the creators of batman-adv (routing protocol we use) and one of the longest-running mesh networks in the world. | ||
*[[Mesh/Commotion]] - a very well-documented project from the Open Technology Institute creating a simple-to-deploy mesh firmware and setup for small community meshes around the world. | * [[Mesh/Commotion]] - a very well-documented project from the Open Technology Institute creating a simple-to-deploy mesh firmware and setup for small community meshes around the world. | ||
* [[Mesh/San Francisco]] Mesh projects in San Francisco | * [[Mesh/San Francisco]] Mesh projects in San Francisco | ||
=Web Resources= | = Web Resources = | ||
*[http://510pen.org 510pen] - East Bay community wireless mesh network spawned in 2009 by [[User:mfb|Mark Burdett]] | |||
*[http://wiki.tidepools.com Tidepools] - [[User:tunabananas|Jenny Ryan]] designed local use cases for a community mobile mapping application built to run on mesh networks. | * [http://510pen.org 510pen] - East Bay community wireless mesh network spawned in 2009 by [[User:mfb|Mark Burdett]] | ||
*[https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/Main_Page Project Meshnet] - Extensive wiki on the /r/darknet project, including extensive list of [https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/Projects projects coordinating with them]. | * [http://wiki.tidepools.com Tidepools] - [[User:tunabananas|Jenny Ryan]] designed local use cases for a community mobile mapping application built to run on mesh networks. | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi#Notable_links Long Range Wifi] - Info on the longest-range wifi connections ever made. | * [https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/Main_Page Project Meshnet] - Extensive wiki on the /r/darknet project, including extensive list of [https://wiki.projectmeshnet.org/Projects projects coordinating with them]. | ||
*[https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-WebIDE Adafruit's Web IDE built for Raspberry Pi] but probably good for editing code on any device and ensuring it is managed with a code repo. By default it uses [https://bitbucket.org bitbucket.org] but it could probably be configured for Github. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_Wi-Fi#Notable_links Long Range Wifi] - Info on the longest-range wifi connections ever made. | ||
* [https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-WebIDE Adafruit's Web IDE built for Raspberry Pi] but probably good for editing code on any device and ensuring it is managed with a code repo. By default it uses [https://bitbucket.org bitbucket.org] but it could probably be configured for Github. | |||
= All Sudo Mesh Wiki Pages = | |||
<center>{{Mesh nav}}</center> | <center>{{Mesh nav}}</center> | ||
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[[Category:Projects]][[Category:Mesh]] | [[Category:Projects]][[Category:Mesh]] | ||