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

[Jim Tetlow]

Good deal Karl,

          Going to see the presentation at Anne Arundel meeting. 
No nodes here, need to find new source for routers; eBay sellers have caught on and prices for best version models are as high as when they were new! Still want to see, maybe I could build antennas so Routers would be more affordable (have some comcast dishes and tin cans! Haha). 
May be able to talk at ARES meeting. Line of sight is pretty limited in most of Calvert, unless antenna very high.

Sent from my iPad, 73,
Jim Tetlow
k3uga at comcast.net


> On Mar 10, 2014, at 12:43, Karl Long <karl_g_long at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 
> Begin forwarded message [removed irrelevant parts]:
> 
> 
> 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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