[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] AREDN Nodes in Arlington and Alexandria

[N4ASX at COX.NET]

Ed,
	Several of us are interested in AREDN.  I have two Bullets and a
Nano set up, but I'm not close enough to connect to any other nodes.  I have
a fourth unit that I'm wrestling with.  Learning TFTP by trial and error.
Ian, N8IK, Mark KM$GML, Larry KK4CBL and a few others have also been making
AREDN units.  We used a few of them to support the Washington's Birthday
parade and we have a node up on the Alexandria Hospital.  Hope to get a few
more nodes up this year.  
I don't think that any of us have worked with VOIP or Servers.  Next club
meeting you're welcome to bring the subject up.
73 Rick

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Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] AREDN Nodes in Arlington and
Alexandria

Greetings ARC Members,

I have recently become interested in the AREDN Mesh network.  I have
successfully set up two small nodes using two Ubiquiti Bullet M2s.  I've
been able to get MeshChat to work and I have attached a Raspberry Pi running
RasPBX.  I have a VOIP phone at each node.

Most recently I have been exploring implementation of an email server on a
Raspberry Pi. Nodes could then use an email client to send and receive
to/from each other. I've tried installing Winlink Express (formerly RMS
Express) and Citadel/UX.  I've looked at half a dozen others.  The issue
with these are they all seem very complicated and include a gateway to the
internet and all the issues that brings.  And, I have not been able to get
them working.  

What I would like to do is implement a small closed group of maybe 10 nodes
max that can send and receive comms over the mesh.  My vision is just what
AREDN is intended for: The ability to quickly stand up small off-the-grid
nodes to provide purpose oriented comms (Chat, VOIP, and Email) for a small,
closed group.  

Questions:

1. Is there a simple, easily installed, easily configured email server for
the Raspberry Pi?
2. Does anyone else in the club share this interest and want to collaborate?
(I have not been able to connect to the club node at the hospital.) 

Many thanks,

Ed, K4ESC
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