[Mesh] Meeting Minutes 2/21

[hol at gaskill.com]

I haven't been able to make a meeting yet but would love to help fabricate antenna mounting hardware and enclosures!  Is there a spec sheet for the transceivers y'all are planning to use that would show physical dimensions?

Cheers,
Hol


Feb 25, 2013 12:16:36 PM, tunabananas at gmail.com wrote:
Meeting minutes are also archived here: http://sudoroom.org/wiki/Mesh/21_February_2013
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>=Attendees=
>Mark, Juul, Jenny, Bill, Miguel, Dres
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>=Debrief from Saturday's field trip=
>*Replaced router at the Bikery in San Antonio (1) and Matt's house in Fruitvale (2)
>*Installed new router at the Bikery's second location (in the same building as LOLspace) (3)
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*Scoped out the rooftop situation at the LOL/SOL building 
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>=Research=
>*Bill did [[http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-February/000017.html research on OLSR / routing protocols]
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*Juul did [http://lists.sudoroom.org/pipermail/mesh/2013-February/000021.html research on what's needed to do rooftop tests]
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>=Equipment Needs=
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*Binoculars w/ built-in compass
>*Normal compasses if the above can't be procured
>*Tripods for mounting antennas
>*Wifi USB dongles 
>*Wifi measuring device (from Ubiquiti)
>*Weather-resistent enclosures 
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*Walkie talkies!
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>=Ideas=
>*Wifi-based microwave interference detector
>*Ham certification gives you some privileges on the wifi frequencies (up to 50 watts!?)
>*Alameda island mesh network attempt: http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.alameda
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*We should assess wifi rane in crappy weather conditions
>*Schools, libraries, city buildings
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>=Needs Assessment=
>*How much equipment can we procure from donations?
>*DD-WRT and OpenWRT compliance with various kinds of routers
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>=Sudo Room Inventory=
>*OpenMesh MR500
>*1 Linksys WRT54GL v.1.1 (4 MB)
>*2 Linksys WAP54G v.3.1 (2 MB)
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>=Action Items=
>*Research on outdoor weatherproof equipment
>**Jenny will talk to Commotion folks
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*Work on OpenITP proposal.
>*Work on proposal for OpenOakland / City of Oakland.
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