[CALV-ARES] Fwd: AARC HSMM-Mesh Presentation

[Karl Long]

Thanks, Jim.
 
I went to the MARC meeting in Rockville last week. I am glad I did. It was the first time my mesh nodes had ever met any other nodes, and the joined right in.  All I had to do was turn them on.  As advertised, they automatically connected to all the other nodes there (except for Jesse's, I'll explain later).
 
I heartily recommend that anyone interested in broadband (private internet) networking, see Keith's (KB3TCB) presentation.  It will probably be the same one he presented in Rockville, updated with feedback from that meeting.

If you have a node already set up, by all means take it to the meeting so it can join in the network.  If you have a node that is not yet configured, fix that and take your node as well. (If you need help, ask me)  Take external antennas if you have any, even if you cannot yet connect to your node (don't have feed line). 
 
I am planning to go to the AARC meeting.  I will bring two (or three) nodes, an access point (bring your laptop or mobile device to connect to the mesh wirelessly), a web server and several antennas I have built over the years.
 
I promised to explain about Jesse (WB2IFS). His non-standard nodes did not automatically connect to all the others. 

Jesse lives in Clinton, MD, and has been doing the HSMM-Mesh for quite awhile.  He knows quite a bit about it. His nodes did not mesh with ours because he had configured his differently, since the meshers in PGARC were experimenting with a different setup.  After we figured out what was wrong, as quick fix made it work.  As a result of that situation, I expect that they will reconsider that configuration.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about hsmm over ham radio for everyone, and a chance for all of us with hsmm nodes to play mesh with others.
 
Karl, KG1L
karl_g_long at hotmail.com

 
From: k3uga at comcast.net
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 19:39:22 -0500
To: calv-ares at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [CALV-ARES] Fwd: AARC new content notification for jimtetlow

Read the following:
MESH NETS topics.
The AARC meeting in two weeks may be of interest to those thinking of Broadband-Hamnet (formerly known as HSMM-MESH) as Karl was talking about. This is closer than going to Rockville if you have some interest. Meeting is March 20 @ 19:30 local. See below for full description and contacts. 

Sent from my iPad,Jim Tetlow


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1. Events and activities at the AARC:
Published Blog entry by W2PAW
[ http://www.w3vpr.org/node/1421 ]

Newcomers are always welcome!

. ..
Our next meeting on March 20 will have a presentation on mesh networks by
Keith (KB3TCB)
*Broadband-Hamnet™* (formerly known as HSMM-Mesh™) is a high speed, self
discovering, self configuring, fault tolerant, wireless computer network. Its
primary focus is on emergency communications. Equipment to built the network
is off-the-shelf, low-cost, commodity wireless routers which have been
re-flashed with new firmware. When a number of these boxes are turned on,
they automatically form a network much like (but separate from) the larger
internet. When this happens, any normal internet data can be passed between
the nodes, such as web cameras, VoIP and text messaging.

. .. *Club Meetings* are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month from
7:30 to 9PM at the clubhouse located at the Davidsonville Family Recreation
Center in Davidsonville, MD
  		 	   		  
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