GOTA 2 Mesh Prince Georges ARES/RACES training

Post date: Aug 11, 2014 12:02:45 AM

Want to learn about how mesh networks can support our emergency communications work? Need help getting started with HSMM-Mesh (http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/)? Want to find out if that old WRT54G router can be reborn as a High Speed MultiMedia (hsmm-mesh) network #emcomm node? Do you want to try out that Ubiquiti (http://www.ubnt.com) router? Only have one node and no one to mesh with? :(

Join a gang of "Elmers" for a mesh training event! We'll be learning about how mesh systems can support our emcomm activities, and helping people get their routers working with Broadband-Hamnet firmware!

Where: Fire Services Building, 6820 Webster Street, Landover Hills, MD 20785

When: 04 October 2014, 0900-1300L

What to bring:

-Your own laptop (Mac, Windows, or Linux) and power cord

-1 or more Linksys/Cisco WRT54G version 4 or less (please see the shopping guide on www.hsmm-mesh.org) routers with wall-wort(s), or bring a compatible Ubiquiti router.

-1 cat-5 (or cat-6) patch cable

-Optional: power-squid or power strip to make sharing power easier, Windows machines should have a ssh/sftp client like PuTTY installed, bring extra routers to share, trade.